2P/Encke (Record n° 27626)
Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Sep 25 03h48 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10.5 Aperture radius for m1 0.4 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 14 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " Coma diameter 4.4 ' r (dist/Sun) 0.743 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.901 AU Right ascension 142.41658 ° Declination +24.59761 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.09.25 05:37:22
NET APASS
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0002P KC2023 09 25.15807 09 29 39.98 +24 35 51.4 14.0 V A77
0002P KC2023 09 25.16711 09 29 44.62 +24 35 22.4 14.0 V A77
0002P KC2023 09 25.16247 09 29 42.26 +24 35 37.3 10.5 T A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 3x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Image resize factor 0.5 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Sep 25 05h38m45s Observation modification date 2023 Sep 25 07h12m24s