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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 Sep 12 02h11 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.4
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.335 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.463 AU
Right ascension20.09507 °
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 typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Exposure total time1075 s
Exposure details129
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 12 06h06m22s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 12 06h07m43s

(Record n° 31851)

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