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505476 (2013 UL15)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
44.103 AU
True anomaly
70.99°
Distance from Earth
43.108 AU
As of
22 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 505476 — 44.103 AU from the Sun 505476
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 505476 is 43.108 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 55m 22s
Declination
+10° 04′ 50″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
43.11 AU
Elongation from the Sun
178.36° — near opposition — up most of the night

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
45.905 AU
Eccentricity
0.096
Inclination
2.02°
Orbital period
311 years
Perihelion
41.498 AU
Aphelion
50.311 AU
Longitude of ascending node
81.97°
Argument of periapsis
237.38°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,755.6 LD
40.4848 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.023

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
71
Data arc
7.14 years
First observed
2 August 2013
Last observed
21 September 2020
Residual RMS
0.16 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 November 2021

Physical properties

Rotation period
11.78 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.76

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Outer Solar System Origins Survey
Discovery date
31 October 2013
Discovery site
Maunakea

Also known as 2013 UL15

TNO

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