P/2018 VN2 (Leonard) (Record n° 31883)
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 Sep 18 21h28 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.75 " Magnitude band r Right ascension 31.35475 ° Declination +27.48825 ° 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 2026.09.19 07:41:52
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
PK18V02N KC2026 09 18.89476 02 05 25.14 +27 29 17.7 17.9 r L27
PK18V02N KC2026 09 18.92512 02 05 25.30 +27 29 06.9 17.8 r L27
PK18V02N KC2026 09 18.95688 02 05 25.46 +27 28 55.6 17.8 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 -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Exposure details 120 x 60s Observatory MPC code L27 Location Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2 Reference stars catalog (phot) ATLAS2 Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.5 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 19 05h44m59s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 19 06h05m00s