P/2018 VN2 (Leonard) (Record n° 31571)
Perihelion distance : 2.12 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 18 °
Orbital period : 8.18 years
Eccentricity : 0.48
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Jun 22 01h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 19 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.75 " r (dist/Sun) 2.166 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.158 AU Right ascension 6.29946 ° Declination +20.30981 ° MPC report COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.06.22 07:49:53
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
PK18V02N KC2026 06 22.04211 00 25 11.87 +20 18 35.3 19.0 r L27
PK18V02N KC2026 06 22.06886 00 25 14.56 +20 18 54.1 18.9 r L27
PK18V02N KC2026 06 22.09561 00 25 17.34 +20 19 13.3 19.1 r L27
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 875 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Filter None Camera ATIK 414 EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Picture exposure details 105 x 60s Observatory MPC code L27 Location Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.5 "/pix Remarks or comments Arcseconds=109.54
dRA=-116.19
dDE=-11.15
De la distance calculée Observation submission date 2026 Jun 22 08h27m52s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 25 09h05m57s