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P/2018 VN2 (Leonard)

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
Magnitude bandV
r (dist/Sun) 2.136 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.317 AU
Right ascension31.30171 °
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 configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355mm
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
FilterL
CameraCMOS Player One IMX571
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
MotorizationNo
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details26x120s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationMonte Patria Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Reference stars catalog (phot)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Nov 06 19h15m19s
Observation modification date2026 Nov 06 19h17m09s

(Record n° 32034)

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