Home

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 22 23h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 2.240 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.301 AU
Right ascension16.37275 °
Declination+20.44494 °
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 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.09.23 07:58:16
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0002P        KC2026 09 22.97902 01 05 29.46 +20 26 41.8          17.9 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 09 22.99128 01 05 28.23 +20 26 41.0          17.9 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 09 23.00355 01 05 26.99 +20 26 40.1          18.0 r      L27
0002P        KC2026 09 23.01441 01 05 25.89 +20 26 39.3          18.1 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 23 07h30m19s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 23 08h01m26s

(Record n° 31916)

Home