2P/Encke (Record n° 31892)
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 m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 2.269 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.347 AU Right ascension 17.86578 ° 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 configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera IMX492 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Exposure details 5x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2 Reference stars catalog (phot) ATLAS2 Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 19 08h16m49s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 19 08h17m55s