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2000 GL147

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(2000 GL147)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
34.463 AU
True anomaly
283.52°
Distance from Earth
35.155 AU
As of
15 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2000 GL147 — 34.463 AU from the Sun 2000 GL147
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2000 GL147 is 35.155 AU from Earth today (4.9 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 13m 51s
Declination
-30° 39′ 42″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
35.16 AU
Elongation from the Sun
44.93° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

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  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

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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
35.621 AU
Eccentricity
0.0997
Inclination
13.83°
Orbital period
212.6 years
Perihelion
32.068 AU
Aphelion
39.174 AU
Longitude of ascending node
25.42°
Argument of periapsis
300.15°
Epoch · J2000
2451664.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 12,094.5 LD
31.0775 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.202

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
5
Data arc
32 days
First observed
2 April 2000
Last observed
4 May 2000
Residual RMS
0.1 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
6 June 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.81

Discovery & classification

TNO

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