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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 27 18h28 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Aperture radius for m26.3 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 1.873 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.961 AU
Right ascension356.27253 °
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 configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
SensorCMOS
Binning2x2
Picture exposure details41x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Reference stars catalog (phot)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Nov 03 19h45m44s
Observation modification date2026 Nov 03 19h49m56s

(Record n° 32023)

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