Perihelion distance : 2.12 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 18 °
Orbital period : 8.18 years
Eccentricity : 0.48
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Oct 13 22h36 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 17 | Aperture radius for m2 | 7.2 " | Magnitude band | G | r (dist/Sun) | 2.172 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.207 AU | Right ascension | 30.08232 ° | Declination | +23.23561 ° | ADES report |
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC1925| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T22:36:02Z |30.08232 |+23.23561 |0.25 |0.28 |0.38 | Gaia2|17.0 |0.09 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.56 |1000| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC1925| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T22:54:07Z |30.08083 |+23.23269 |0.24 |0.27 |0.36 | Gaia2|17.0 |0.09 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.58 |1000| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC1925| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T23:12:11Z |30.07932 |+23.22984 |0.24 |0.27 |0.36 | Gaia2|16.9 |0.08 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.60 |1000| K| | Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 250 mm | Instrument focale length | 1187.5 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 4.75 | Camera | Asi 294MM | Sensor | CMOS | Sensor temperature | -5 °C | Binning | 4x4 | Mount | EQ6-R pro | Picture exposure details | 120x25s | Observatory MPC code | Y87 | Location | Trevinca skies-Amalthea | Reference stars catalog (ast) | Gaia2 | Reference stars catalog (phot) | Gaia2 | Used softwares | Tycho Tracker | Image resize factor | 2 | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.6 "/pix | Observation submission date | 2026 Oct 14 06h32m57s | Observation modification date | 2026 Oct 14 06h36m12s |
(Record n° 31976)