2P/Encke (Record n° 31867)
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 14 23h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 6.75 " Magnitude band r r (dist/Sun) 2.317 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.429 AU Right ascension 19.25125 ° Declination +20.44611 ° 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 2026.09.15 07:19:13
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0002P KC2026 09 14.99119 01 17 00.30 +20 26 46.0 18.3 r L27
0002P KC2026 09 15.00567 01 16 59.20 +20 26 47.0 18.3 r L27
0002P KC2026 09 15.02295 01 16 57.88 +20 26 48.2 18.3 r L27
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 875 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Filter None Camera ATIK 414 EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Exposure details 60 x 60s Observatory MPC code L27 Location Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2 Reference stars catalog (phot) ATLAS2 Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.5 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 15 06h01m19s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 15 08h49m54s