2P/Encke (2010)

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Updated on December 7, 2011

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Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59600: Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 T 2010 Aug. 6.5019 TT MPC q 0.335869 (2000.0) P Q n 0.2990633 Peri. 186.5490 -0.9451432 -0.3146640 a 2.214593 Node 334.5669 +0.3082031 -0.7700543 e 0.848338 Incl. 11.7831 +0.1082371 -0.5549801 P 3.30 From 1601 observations 1993-2007, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -0.01, A2 = -0.0007.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph H = 14.2 G = 0.15 [ ,-100] ( - 2010 Apr. 28) m1 = 9.8 + 5 log d + 25 log r [-100, -45] (2010 Apr. 28 - 2010 June 22) m1 = 10.3 + 5 log d + 7.0 log r [ -45, 20] (2010 June 22 - 2010 Aug. 26) m1 = 12.3 + 5 log d + 15.7 log r [ 20, 100] (2010 Aug. 26 - 2010 Nov. 14) H = 14.2 G = 0.15 [ 100, ] (2010 Nov. 14 - )

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.