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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 Oct 11 20h12 UT by Tiago Ferreira


(Copyright Tiago Ferreira)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Aperture radius for m28.4 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 2.048 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.068 AU
Right ascension6.47851 °
Declination+18.93114 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode R39
# submitter
! name T. Ferreira
# observers
! name Dobsonian Power
# measurers
! name Tiago Ferreira
# telescope
! design Reflector
! aperture 0.41
! fRatio 3.3
! detector CCD
# 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|           |  TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-11T20:12:16Z   |6.47851    |+18.93114  |0.35 |0.29  |0.45  |  ATLAS2|17.1 |0.11  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 8.4  |1.42  | 192|    K|
     2P|           |  TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-11T20:17:33Z   |6.47609    |+18.93071  |0.37 |0.29  |0.47  |  ATLAS2|17.6 |0.12  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 8.4  |1.28  | 192|    K|
     2P|           |  TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-11T20:22:29Z   |6.47403    |+18.93005  |0.38 |0.30  |0.48  |  ATLAS2|17.9 |0.11  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 8.4  |1.13  | 192|    K|
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
SensorCMOS
Picture exposure details72x8s
Observatory MPC codeR39
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.57 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 11 20h56m51s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 11 21h00m24s

(Record n° 31962)

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