P/2026 R2 (Leonard) (Record n° 31956)
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 m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 0.949 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.429 AU Right ascension 243.86338 ° 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 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 Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 33x30s 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 17h22m06s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 09 17h23m12s