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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 Sep 26 18h45 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17
Aperture radius for m26.3 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 0.949 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.429 AU
Right ascension243.86338 °
Declination+41.54245 °
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  | FD26066| CMO|A77 |2026-09-26T18:44:59.7Z |243.86338  |+41.54245  |0.61 |0.59  |0.85  |  ATLAS2|16.9 |0.15  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.38  | 330|    K|
       |P/2026 R2  | FD26066| CMO|A77 |2026-09-26T18:51:11.7Z |243.86478  |+41.53090  |0.61 |0.58  |0.84  |  ATLAS2|16.9 |0.12  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.33  | 330|    K|
       |P/2026 R2  | FD26066| CMO|A77 |2026-09-26T18:57:20.2Z |243.86648  |+41.51913  |0.72 |0.69  |0.99  |  ATLAS2|17.0 |0.06  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.32  | 330|    K|
       |P/2026 R2  | FD26067| CMO|A77 |2026-09-26T18:51:08.2Z |243.86440  |+41.53151  |0.68 |0.65  |0.94  |  ATLAS2|17.1 |0.09  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.29  | 990|    K|
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX662
SensorCMOS
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details33x30s
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 17h22m06s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 09 17h23m12s

(Record n° 31956)

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