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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 13 21h39 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.027 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.050 AU
Right ascension5.19088 °
Declination+18.61187 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
     2P|           |  TR0007| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T21:39:11Z   |5.19088    |+18.61187  |0.32 |0.27  |0.42  |   Gaia2|17.3 |0.07  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.52  |1000|    K|
     2P|           |  TR0007| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T21:57:18Z   |5.18282    |+18.60984  |0.33 |0.28  |0.43  |   Gaia2|17.2 |0.07  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.52  |1000|    K|
     2P|           |  TR0007| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T22:15:25Z   |5.17468    |+18.60772  |0.34 |0.30  |0.45  |   Gaia2|17.5 |0.10  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.43  |1000|    K|
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Picture exposure details77x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 14 06h32m57s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 14 06h35m29s

(Record n° 31975)

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