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 21 01h28 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 17.4 | Aperture radius for m2 | 7.2 " | Magnitude band | G | r (dist/Sun) | 2.140 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.292 AU | Right ascension | 31.39616 ° | Declination | +27.25571 ° | ADES report |
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC1826| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-21T01:28:11Z |31.39616 |+27.25571 |0.31 |0.30 |0.43 | Gaia2|17.4 |0.12 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.46 |1000| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC1826| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-21T01:46:17Z |31.39620 |+27.25428 |0.30 |0.30 |0.42 | Gaia2|17.4 |0.06 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.48 |1000| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC1826| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-21T02:04:23Z |31.39625 |+27.25286 |0.27 |0.27 |0.38 | Gaia2|17.4 |0.07 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.48 |1000| K|
| Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 250 mm | Instrument focale length | 1187.5 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 4.75 | Camera | Asi 294MM | Sensor | CMOS | Sensor temperature | -5 °C | Binning | 4x4 | Mount | EQ6-R pro | Picture exposure details | 120X25S | Observatory MPC code | Y87 | Location | Trevinca skies-Amalthea | Reference stars catalog (ast) | Gaia2 | Reference stars catalog (phot) | Gaia2 | Used softwares | Tycho Tracker | Image resize factor | 2 | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.6 "/pix | Observation submission date | 2026 Sep 21 05h28m29s | Observation modification date | 2026 Sep 21 06h58m00s |
(Record n° 31907)