2P/Encke (Record n° 32042)
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 06 19h32 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.6 Aperture radius for m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 1.756 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.933 AU Right ascension 350.30814 ° Declination +13.16689 ° 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| | FD26128| CMO|A77 |2026-11-06T19:32:34.3Z |350.30814 |+13.16689 |0.52 |0.49 |0.71 | APASS|17.6 |0.32 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.30 | 210| K|
2P| | FD26128| CMO|A77 |2026-11-06T19:36:31.1Z |350.30659 |+13.16618 |0.49 |0.46 |0.67 | APASS|17.7 |0.32 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.24 | 210| K|
2P| | FD26128| CMO|A77 |2026-11-06T19:40:27.1Z |350.30503 |+13.16544 |0.49 |0.46 |0.67 | APASS|17.5 |0.32 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.28 | 210| 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 Camera IMX492 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 21x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS Reference stars catalog (phot) APASS Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.84 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Nov 09 10h13m39s Observation modification date 2026 Nov 09 10h19m56s