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2012 BY154

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(2012 BY154)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
35.251 AU
True anomaly
349.18°
Distance from Earth
36.181 AU
As of
18 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2012 BY154 — 35.251 AU from the Sun 2012 BY154
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2012 BY154 is 36.181 AU from Earth today (5.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 17m 07s
Declination
-01° 54′ 12″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
36.18 AU
Elongation from the Sun
21.05° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
42.398 AU
Eccentricity
0.1707
Inclination
7.14°
Orbital period
276.1 years
Perihelion
35.159 AU
Aphelion
49.636 AU
Longitude of ascending node
3.72°
Argument of periapsis
191.2°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,293.9 LD
34.1593 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.704

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
96
Data arc
20.79 years
First observed
12 March 2005
Last observed
27 December 2025
Residual RMS
0.65 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 March 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.9

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources