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2P/Encke

Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Aug 10 00h38 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)19.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.621 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.118 AU
Right ascension23.57075 °
Declination+18.09411 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.10 07:06:34
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0002P        KC2026 08 10.02631 01 34 16.98 +18 05 38.8          19.3 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 08 10.04078 01 34 17.07 +18 05 43.9          19.3 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 08 10.05667 01 34 17.16 +18 05 49.5          19.6 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 10 07h54m15s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 10 10h20m59s

(Record n° 31747)

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