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2000 QJ226

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(2000 QJ226)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
40.748 AU
True anomaly
116.51°
Distance from Earth
39.766 AU
As of
16 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 QJ226 — 40.748 AU from the Sun 2000 QJ226
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2000 QJ226 is 39.766 AU from Earth today (5.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 08m 16s
Declination
+00° 12′ 20″
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
39.77 AU
Elongation from the Sun
169.84° — 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
39.205 AU
Eccentricity
0.1118
Inclination
9.35°
Orbital period
245.5 years
Perihelion
34.823 AU
Aphelion
43.587 AU
Longitude of ascending node
153.45°
Argument of periapsis
106.42°
Epoch · J2000
2451786.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,161.8 LD
33.82 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.516

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
7
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
29 August 2000
Last observed
30 August 2000
Residual RMS
0.09 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.15

Discovery & classification

TNO

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