2P/Encke (Record n° 31938)
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 Oct 05 21h18 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.75 " Magnitude band r r (dist/Sun) 2.111 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.129 AU Right ascension 10.01633 ° Declination +19.67703 ° 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 2026.10.06 08:47:15
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0002P KC2026 10 05.88761 00 40 03.92 +19 40 37.3 17.3 r L27
0002P KC2026 10 05.89485 00 40 02.92 +19 40 34.7 17.3 r L27
0002P KC2026 10 05.90350 00 40 01.73 +19 40 31.5 17.2 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 -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Exposure details 30 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 Oct 06 07h04m55s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 06 07h39m25s