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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 23 00h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)19.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 2.513 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.845 AU
Right ascension23.358 °
Declination+19.225 °
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 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.23 08:34:53
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0002P        KC2026 08 23.00954 01 33 25.92 +19 13 30.0          19.3 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 08 23.03264 01 33 25.52 +19 13 36.6          19.0 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 08 23.05575 01 33 25.11 +19 13 43.2          19.2 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 08 23.07887 01 33 24.72 +19 13 49.7          19.1 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 details120 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 23 09h29m32s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 26 10h22m10s

(Record n° 31788)

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