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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 Nov 02 20h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 1.804 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.941 AU
Right ascension352.55092 °
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 typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Nov 02 21h48m48s
Observation modification date2026 Nov 03 08h22m47s

(Record n° 32006)

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