2P/Encke (Record n° 32023)
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 27 18h28 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.5 Aperture radius for m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 1.873 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.961 AU Right ascension 356.27253 ° Declination +15.74240 ° 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| | FD26113| CMO|A77 |2026-10-27T18:28:07.9Z |356.27253 |+15.74240 |0.56 |0.59 |0.81 | APASS|17.6 |0.10 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.31 | 420| K|
2P| | FD26113| CMO|A77 |2026-10-27T18:35:56.9Z |356.26896 |+15.74104 |0.57 |0.61 |0.83 | APASS|17.4 |0.10 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.34 | 420| K|
2P| | FD26113| CMO|A77 |2026-10-27T18:43:28.9Z |356.26562 |+15.73979 |0.62 |0.65 |0.90 | APASS|17.5 |0.10 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.29 | 390| 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 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Picture exposure details 41x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS Reference stars catalog (phot) APASS Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Nov 03 19h45m44s Observation modification date 2026 Nov 03 19h49m56s