2P/Encke (Record n° 31966)
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 12 18h59 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.3 Aperture radius for m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 2.038 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.058 AU Right ascension 5.88882 ° Declination +18.78772 ° 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| | FD26075| CMO|A77 |2026-10-12T18:59:04.3Z |5.88882 |+18.78772 |0.44 |0.41 |0.60 | ATLAS2|17.1 |0.08 | Vj| ATLAS2| 6.3 |1.28 | 510| K|
2P| | FD26075| CMO|A77 |2026-10-12T19:08:39.5Z |5.88463 |+18.78670 |0.45 |0.42 |0.61 | ATLAS2|17.4 |0.11 | Vj| ATLAS2| 6.3 |1.37 | 510| K|
2P| | FD26075| CMO|A77 |2026-10-12T19:18:12.4Z |5.88047 |+18.78570 |0.50 |0.47 |0.68 | ATLAS2|17.4 |0.06 | Vj| ATLAS2| 6.3 |1.31 | 510| 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 Picture exposure details 51x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2 Reference stars catalog (phot) ATLAS2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 13 07h04m28s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 13 07h05m08s