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Solar
Centaur

887120

887120 (1998 SL92)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
3.59 AU
True anomaly
68.7°
As of
17 September 2026

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In the sky

Right ascension
08h 01m 45s
Declination
-11° 53′ 42″
Constellation
Puppis
Distance from Earth
4.04 AU
Elongation from the Sun
56.8° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
5.62 AU
Eccentricity
0.496
Inclination
36.57°
Orbital period
13.32 years
Perihelion
2.832 AU
Aphelion
8.408 AU
Longitude of ascending node
190.77°
Argument of periapsis
208.8°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · CEN
Centaur
Earth MOID · 731.0 LD
1.8782 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.375

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
216
Data arc
27.31 years
First observed
26 September 1998
Last observed
18 January 2026
Residual RMS
0.54 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 June 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
14.71

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
LINEAR
Discovery date
26 September 1998
Discovery site
Socorro

Also known as 1998 SL92

Centaur

Sources