C/2026 S2 (ATLAS) (Record n° 31986)
Perihelion distance : 4.38 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 158 °
Orbital period : 3168 years
Eccentricity : 0.99
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Oct 16 03h37 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.4 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 4.756 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.358 AU Right ascension 92.74119 ° Declination -0.21107 ° 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
|C/2026 S2 | ABC1943| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:36:40Z |92.74119 |-0.21107 |0.39 |0.42 |0.57 | Gaia2|18.4 |0.15 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.18 | 925| K|
|C/2026 S2 | ABC1943| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:53:35Z |92.73863 |-0.21236 |0.36 |0.40 |0.54 | Gaia2|18.4 |0.11 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.20 | 925| K|
|C/2026 S2 | ABC1943| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T04:10:17Z |92.73623 |-0.21340 |0.43 |0.46 |0.63 | Gaia2|18.5 |0.24 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.16 | 900| 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 110x25s 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 16 05h40m45s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 16 05h44m27s