Perihelion distance : 1.94 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 82 °
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Sep 17 22h43 UT by Tiago Ferreira
(Copyright Tiago Ferreira)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 15.5 | Aperture radius for m2 | 6.8 " | Magnitude band | Vj | r (dist/Sun) | 2.265 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 2.109 AU | Right ascension | 258.26040 ° | Declination | +72.06950 ° | ADES report |
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode R39
# submitter
! name T. Ferreira
# observers
! name Dobsonian Power
# measurers
! name Tiago Ferreira
# telescope
! design Reflector
! aperture 0.41
! fRatio 3.3
! detector CCD
# 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
|C/2026 A2 | TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-09-17T22:43:13Z |258.26040 |+72.06950 |0.19 |0.33 |0.37 | ATLAS2|15.5 |0.01 | Vj| ATLAS2| 6.8 |2.28 | 160| K|
|C/2026 A2 | TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-09-17T22:47:48Z |258.26315 |+72.06879 |0.19 |0.33 |0.38 | ATLAS2|15.5 |0.01 | Vj| ATLAS2| 6.8 |2.25 | 156| K|
|C/2026 A2 | TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-09-17T22:52:41Z |258.26605 |+72.06806 |0.19 |0.33 |0.38 | ATLAS2|15.4 |0.01 | Vj| ATLAS2| 6.8 |2.25 | 156| K|
| Instrumental configuration | Config1 | Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 410 mm | Instrument focale length | 1353 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 3.3 | Sensor | CCD | Exposure total time | 160 s | Exposure details | 118x4s | Observatory MPC code | R39 | Reference stars catalog (ast) | ATLAS2 | Reference stars catalog (phot) | ATLAS2 | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 0.57 "/pix | Observation submission date | 2026 Sep 17 23h21m22s | Observation modification date | 2026 Sep 17 23h39m22s |
(Record n° 31880)