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2014 UD229

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(2014 UD229)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
32.826 AU
True anomaly
306.96°
Distance from Earth
31.974 AU
As of
15 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 UD229 — 32.826 AU from the Sun 2014 UD229
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 UD229 is 31.974 AU from Earth today (4.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
03h 18m 40s
Declination
+24° 13′ 04″
Constellation
Aries
Distance from Earth
31.97 AU
Elongation from the Sun
148.95° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
36.602 AU
Eccentricity
0.1497
Inclination
6.85°
Orbital period
221.4 years
Perihelion
31.122 AU
Aphelion
42.083 AU
Longitude of ascending node
358.33°
Argument of periapsis
107.63°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,731.5 LD
30.1448 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.349

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
49
Data arc
9.3 years
First observed
9 August 2013
Last observed
28 November 2022
Residual RMS
0.16 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
22 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.73

Discovery & classification

TNO

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