P/2026 R2 (Leonard) (Record n° 31961)
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 10 19h19 UT by Tiago Ferreira
(Copyright Tiago Ferreira)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Aperture radius for m2 8.4 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 0.837 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.327 AU Right ascension 247.28691 ° Declination -18.24968 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode R39
# submitter
! name T. Ferreira
# observers
! name Dobsonian Power
# measurers
! name Tiago Ferreira
# telescope
! design Reflector
! aperture 0.41
! fRatio 3.3
! detector CCD
# 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 | TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-10T19:19:15Z |247.28691 |-18.24968 |0.41 |0.44 |0.60 | ATLAS2|15.6 |0.04 | Vj| ATLAS2| 8.4 |1.77 | 192| K|
|P/2026 R2 | TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-10T19:27:10Z |247.28721 |-18.27416 |0.38 |0.39 |0.55 | ATLAS2|15.7 |0.04 | Vj| ATLAS2| 8.4 |1.74 | 192| K|
|P/2026 R2 | TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-10T19:32:11Z |247.28740 |-18.28945 |0.36 |0.39 |0.53 | ATLAS2|15.5 |0.04 | Vj| ATLAS2| 8.4 |1.79 | 184| K|
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 406 mm Instrument focale length 1353 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Sensor CMOS Exposure details 69x8s Observatory MPC code R39 Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2 Reference stars catalog (phot) ATLAS2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.57 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 11 00h32m28s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 11 00h43m36s