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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 19 02h49 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.3
Aperture radius for m26.3 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 2.269 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.347 AU
Right ascension17.86578 °
Declination+20.48330 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode A77
# submitter
! name F. Kugel
# observers
! name F.Kugel
# measurers
! name F. Kugel
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.40
! fRatio 2.8
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.7
! photometry Tycho 13.7
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
     2P|           |FK25G078| CMO|A77 |2026-09-19T02:49:21Z   |17.86578   |+20.48330  |0.51 |0.51  |0.72  |  ATLAS2|18.4 |0.06  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.22  | 300|    K|
     2P|           |FK25G078| CMO|A77 |2026-09-19T02:54:40Z   |17.86448   |+20.48328  |0.42 |0.42  |0.59  |  ATLAS2|18.2 |0.21  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.31  | 300|    K|
     2P|           |FK25G078| CMO|A77 |2026-09-19T02:59:58Z   |17.86314   |+20.48325  |0.51 |0.51  |0.72  |  ATLAS2|18.4 |0.07  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.20  | 300|    K|
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Binning2x2
Exposure details5x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 19 08h16m49s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 19 08h17m55s

(Record n° 31892)

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