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2022 GU

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(2022 GU)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
12.47 AU
True anomaly
139.64°
Distance from Earth
11.475 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 2022 GU — 12.47 AU from the Sun 2022 GU
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 GU is 11.475 AU from Earth today (1.6 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 16m 28s
Declination
+04° 29′ 51″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
11.48 AU
Elongation from the Sun
175.06° — near opposition — up most of the night

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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.
  3. Paste them above.

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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
36.513 AU
Eccentricity
0.952
Inclination
116.97°
Orbital period
220.6 years
Perihelion
1.754 AU
Aphelion
71.271 AU
Longitude of ascending node
18.08°
Argument of periapsis
216.92°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 340.6 LD
0.8751 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
-0.593

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
100
Data arc
87 days
First observed
1 March 2022
Last observed
27 May 2022
Residual RMS
0.59 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
29 June 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
16.54

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources