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2P/Encke

Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85

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IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Oct 12 18h59 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Aperture radius for m26.3 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 2.038 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.058 AU
Right ascension5.88882 °
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 configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Binning2x2
Picture exposure details51x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 13 07h04m28s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 13 07h05m08s

(Record n° 31966)

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