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 Nov 06 18h52 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 17.6 | Aperture radius for m2 | 6.3 " | Magnitude band | Vj | r (dist/Sun) | 2.222 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.244 AU | Right ascension | 27.42524 ° | Declination | +17.14108 ° | ADES report |
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode A77
# submitter
! name F. Kugel
# observers
! name F.Kugel
# measurers
! name F. Kugel
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.40
! fRatio 2.8
! detector CMO
# 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/2018 VN2 | FD26119| CMO|A77 |2026-11-06T18:52:28.3Z |27.42524 |+17.14108 |0.57 |0.56 |0.80 | APASS|17.6 |0.05 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.43 | 360| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | FD26119| CMO|A77 |2026-11-06T18:58:52.6Z |27.42469 |+17.13959 |0.54 |0.52 |0.75 | APASS|17.5 |0.05 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.45 | 360| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | FD26119| CMO|A77 |2026-11-06T19:05:16.1Z |27.42410 |+17.13823 |0.62 |0.61 |0.87 | APASS|17.8 |0.06 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.40 | 360| K|
| Instrumental configuration | Config2 | Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 400 mm | Instrument focale length | 1120 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 2.8 | Filter | None | Camera | IMX492 | Sensor | CMOS | Sensor temperature | -20 °C | Binning | 2x2 | Picture exposure details | 18x60s | Observatory MPC code | A77 | Reference stars catalog (ast) | APASS | Reference stars catalog (phot) | APASS | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 0.85 "/pix | Observation submission date | 2026 Nov 06 21h39m56s | Observation modification date | 2026 Nov 06 21h40m39s |
(Record n° 32035)