2P/Encke (Record n° 31851)
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 Sep 12 02h11 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.4 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.335 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.463 AU Right ascension 20.09507 ° Declination +20.37770 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
2P| | ABC1778| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-12T02:11:06Z |20.09507 |+20.37770 |0.33 |0.41 |0.52 | Gaia2|18.3 |0.22 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.27 |1075| K|
2P| | ABC1778| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-12T02:31:33Z |20.09100 |+20.37818 |0.34 |0.41 |0.53 | Gaia2|18.2 |0.29 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.27 |1075| K|
2P| | ABC1778| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-12T02:52:01Z |20.08699 |+20.37857 |0.28 |0.37 |0.46 | Gaia2|18.6 |0.16 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.27 |1075| K|
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Exposure total time 1075 s Exposure details 129 Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 12 06h06m22s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 12 06h07m43s