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P/2026 R2 (Leonard)

Perihelion distance : 0.79 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 78 °
Orbital period : 21.77 years
Eccentricity : 0.9

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Oct 05 18h27 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16
Aperture radius for m26.3 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 0.871 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.320 AU
Right ascension246.56162 °
Declination+5.93917 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode A77
# submitter
! name F. Kugel
# observers
! name F.Kugel
# measurers
! name F. Kugel
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.40
! fRatio 2.8
! detector CMO
# 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
       |P/2026 R2  | FD26065| CMO|A77 |2026-10-05T18:26:40.2Z |246.56162  |+5.93917   |0.80 |0.77  |1.11  |  ATLAS2|16.1 |0.06  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.31  | 250|    K|
       |P/2026 R2  | FD26065| CMO|A77 |2026-10-05T18:32:28.7Z |246.56235  |+5.91942   |0.82 |0.77  |1.13  |  ATLAS2|16.0 |0.06  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.34  | 250|    K|
       |P/2026 R2  | FD26065| CMO|A77 |2026-10-05T18:38:14.8Z |246.56307  |+5.89980   |0.79 |0.79  |1.11  |  ATLAS2|16.0 |0.06  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.33  | 250|    K|
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX662
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details75x10s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.82 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 09 16h46m10s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 09 16h47m02s

(Record n° 31955)

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