P/2018 VN2 (Leonard) (Record n° 32034)
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 Sep 17 08h18 UT by Pierre Traverse
(Copyright Pierre Traverse)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " Magnitude band V r (dist/Sun) 2.136 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.317 AU Right ascension 31.30171 ° Declination +27.64094 ° MPC report COD X03
CON P. Traverse [pierre.traverse@orange.fr]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA P. Traverse
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.10.06 11:32:26
AC2 pierre.traverse@orange.fr
NET UCAC-4
PK18V02N KC2026 09 17.34609 02 05 12.41 +27 38 27.4 18.6 V X03
PK18V02N KC2026 09 17.35403 02 05 12.53 +27 38 24.3 18.5 V X03
PK18V02N KC2026 09 17.36414 02 05 12.55 +27 38 21.2 18.5 V X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355mm Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 350 mm Instrument focale length 1645 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.7 Filter L Camera CMOS Player One IMX571 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 4500x3600 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Motorization No Autoguide Yes Picture exposure details 26x120s Observatory MPC code X03 Location Monte Patria Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4 Reference stars catalog (phot) UCAC-4 Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Nov 06 19h15m19s Observation modification date 2026 Nov 06 19h17m09s