ROSAT Observations of Comet 2P/Encke
Comet Encke was observed with ROSAT in July 1997.
Miscellaneous:
ROSAT observations of Comet Encke in July 1997
PI: C.Lisse
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ROR date start dur R.A. Dec.
yymmdd sec sec deg deg
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900764 970704 192 903 128.567 -49.631
900765 970704 5685 1770 128.821 -49.858
900766 970704 11559 1926 129.179 -50.170
900767 970704 48585 675 131.346 -51.960
900768 970704 62968 1367 132.425 -52.788
900769 970704 68740 995 132.792 -53.059
900770 970705 5547 1473 134.433 -54.223
900771 970705 11020 1985 134.742 -54.433
900772 970705 28150 1805 136.017 -55.267
900773 970705 62595 1230 138.717 -56.884
900774 970705 68290 905 139.158 -57.131
900775 970705 74145 720 139.637 -57.392
900776 970706 5035 1550 141.154 -58.186
900777 970706 10600 1910 141.538 -58.379
900778 970706 17579 661 142.154 -58.681
900779 970706 47640 602 144.746 -59.869
900780 970706 62208 1122 146.333 -60.533
900781 970706 67900 770 146.871 -60.746
900782 970706 79395 810 148.054 -61.202
900783 970707 4655 1495 149.262 -61.645
900784 970707 10195 1835 149.721 -61.805
900785 970707 33327 1233 152.196 -62.624
900785 970707 35520 807 152.196 -62.624
900786 970707 47160 611 153.538 -63.030
900787 970707 56017 1448 154.733 -63.376
900788 970707 61765 1055 155.354 -63.546
900789 970708 3992 1708 158.783 -64.411
900790 970708 9745 1790 159.346 -64.541
900791 970708 32929 1106 162.192 -65.146
900791 970708 35055 814 162.192 -65.146
900792 970708 46680 625 163.708 -65.435
900793 970708 50837 433 164.433 -65.567
900793 970708 52500 557 164.433 -65.567
900794 970708 55585 1385 165.004 -65.668
900795 970708 61360 950 165.746 -65.793
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Information from the ephemeris:
Heliocentric distance: 0.99 ... 1.07 AU
Geocentric distance: 0.19 ... 0.20 AU
Visual magnitude (coma): 6.2 ... 6.3 mag
Jakob Englhauser
/ 1997-Jul-10