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
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB