P/2018 VN2 (Leonard) (Record n° 31577)
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 23 00h49 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 19 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.97 " r (dist/Sun) 2.164 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.147 AU Right ascension 6.72204 ° Declination +20.50397 ° MPC report COD C10
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/4 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.06.23 05:29:45
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
PK18V02N KC2026 06 23.03431 00 26 53.29 +20 30 14.3 18.9 r C10
PK18V02N KC2026 06 23.05595 00 26 55.40 +20 30 29.1 19.1 r C10
PK18V02N KC2026 06 23.07721 00 26 57.52 +20 30 44.8 19.1 r C10
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Filter None Camera ST8 XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 1x1 Mount F60a Axis Instruments Autoguide No Picture exposure details 90 x 60s Observatory MPC code C10 Location Seine et Marne Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.55 "/pix Remarks or comments Arcseconds=110.27
dRA=-117.00
dDE=-12.27
De la distance calculée Observation submission date 2026 Jun 23 05h44m14s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 25 09h05m19s