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2001 FL185

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(2001 FL185)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
41.909 AU
True anomaly
52°
Distance from Earth
42.879 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2001 FL185 — 41.909 AU from the Sun 2001 FL185
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2001 FL185 is 42.879 AU from Earth today (5.9 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 03m 12s
Declination
-03° 28′ 14″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
42.88 AU
Elongation from the Sun
13.05° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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.
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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
44.179 AU
Eccentricity
0.0777
Inclination
3.56°
Orbital period
293.7 years
Perihelion
40.748 AU
Aphelion
47.61 AU
Longitude of ascending node
75.49°
Argument of periapsis
68.05°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,474.5 LD
39.7626 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.917

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
43
Data arc
21.02 years
First observed
26 March 2001
Last observed
1 April 2022
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.09

Discovery & classification

TNO

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