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2001 FJ194

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(2001 FJ194)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
38.558 AU
True anomaly
28.47°
Distance from Earth
39.518 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 FJ194 — 38.558 AU from the Sun 2001 FJ194
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2001 FJ194 is 39.518 AU from Earth today (5.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 26m 32s
Declination
-22° 09′ 36″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
39.52 AU
Elongation from the Sun
14.83° — too close to the Sun to observe

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

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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
44.152 AU
Eccentricity
0.1397
Inclination
12.26°
Orbital period
293.4 years
Perihelion
37.986 AU
Aphelion
50.318 AU
Longitude of ascending node
4.92°
Argument of periapsis
189.06°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,394.3 LD
36.987 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.755

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
21
Data arc
12.07 years
First observed
22 March 2001
Last observed
16 April 2013
Residual RMS
0.17 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.39

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2005 GY186

TNO

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