C/2026 P2 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 31894)
Perihelion distance : 2.48 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 63 °
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Aug 22 09h32 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 6.0 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 5.181 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.592 AU Right ascension 29.89679 ° Declination -1.66872 ° MPC report COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.22 13:10:14
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.39751 01 59 35.23 -02 19 52.6 18.6 G X03
CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.40760 01 59 35.06 -02 19 52.0 18.4 G X03
CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.41698 01 59 34.89 -02 19 51.4 18.3 G X03
CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.42564 01 59 34.74 -02 19 50.8 18.7 G X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 360 mm Instrument focale length 1728 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.8 Filter L Camera Player One IMX571 Mono Sensor CMOS Sensor size 23.5x15.7 mm2 Sensor pixels number 6252x4176 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 7x2mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia3E Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia3E Used softwares Tycho V13.6 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Remarks or comments PCC P12pb3b Observation submission date 2026 Sep 19 11h12m05s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 19 11h14m54s