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2019 EL7

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(2019 EL7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.734 AU
True anomaly
111.58°
Distance from Earth
43.677 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 2019 EL7 — 42.734 AU from the Sun 2019 EL7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 EL7 is 43.677 AU from Earth today (6.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 27m 10s
Declination
-01° 26′ 04″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
43.67 AU
Elongation from the Sun
19.27° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.
  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
42.543 AU
Eccentricity
0.0126
Inclination
2.79°
Orbital period
277.5 years
Perihelion
42.008 AU
Aphelion
43.078 AU
Longitude of ascending node
36.66°
Argument of periapsis
38.09°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,964.7 LD
41.0223 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.834

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
18
Data arc
355 days
First observed
18 March 2018
Last observed
8 March 2019
Residual RMS
0.11 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
17 May 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.33

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources