P/2026 R2 (Leonard) (Record n° 31955)
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 m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 0.871 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.320 AU Right ascension 246.56162 ° 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 configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera IMX662 Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 75x10s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2 Reference stars catalog (phot) ATLAS2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.82 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 09 16h46m10s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 09 16h47m02s