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2014 QF442

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(2014 QF442)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
37.99 AU
True anomaly
40.77°
Distance from Earth
37.399 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 2014 QF442 — 37.99 AU from the Sun 2014 QF442
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 QF442 is 37.399 AU from Earth today (5.2 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
23h 44m 17s
Declination
-34° 07′ 15″
Constellation
Sculptor
Distance from Earth
37.41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
125.29° — well clear of the Sun

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

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
45.795 AU
Eccentricity
0.2046
Inclination
30.5°
Orbital period
309.9 years
Perihelion
36.424 AU
Aphelion
55.167 AU
Longitude of ascending node
52.99°
Argument of periapsis
246.52°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,825.9 LD
35.5263 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.118

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
62
Data arc
4.08 years
First observed
16 August 2014
Last observed
15 September 2018
Residual RMS
0.15 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
8 September 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.66

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources