2P/Encke (Record n° 32006)
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 Nov 02 20h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.75 " Magnitude band r r (dist/Sun) 1.804 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.941 AU Right ascension 352.55092 ° Declination +14.20258 ° 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 5
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.11.02 22:45:55
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0002P KC2026 11 02.85876 23 30 12.22 +14 12 09.3 17.4 r L27
0002P KC2026 11 02.86744 23 30 10.97 +14 12 01.2 17.4 r L27
0002P KC2026 11 02.87612 23 30 09.72 +14 11 53.0 17.5 r L27
0002P KC2026 11 02.88480 23 30 08.47 +14 11 44.9 17.5 r L27
0002P KC2026 11 02.89348 23 30 07.23 +14 11 36.8 17.4 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 -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Picture exposure details 60 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 Nov 02 21h48m48s Observation modification date 2026 Nov 03 08h22m47s