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2004 HC79

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(2004 HC79)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
40.152 AU
True anomaly
39.64°
Distance from Earth
40.744 AU
As of
22 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 2004 HC79 — 40.152 AU from the Sun 2004 HC79
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2004 HC79 is 40.744 AU from Earth today (5.6 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 26m 27s
Declination
-23° 35′ 04″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
40.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
52.03° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

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
46.21 AU
Eccentricity
0.1584
Inclination
1.45°
Orbital period
314.1 years
Perihelion
38.889 AU
Aphelion
53.531 AU
Longitude of ascending node
68.45°
Argument of periapsis
155.35°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,742.3 LD
37.8812 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.996

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
32
Data arc
15.04 years
First observed
22 April 2004
Last observed
6 May 2019
Residual RMS
0.37 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
17 August 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.13

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources