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2017 SK381

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(2017 SK381)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.256 AU
True anomaly
181.96°
Distance from Earth
41.279 AU
As of
16 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 2017 SK381 — 42.256 AU from the Sun 2017 SK381
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2017 SK381 is 41.279 AU from Earth today (5.7 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
00h 40m 23s
Declination
+07° 42′ 03″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
41.28 AU
Elongation from the Sun
168.47° — near opposition — up most of the night

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
38.704 AU
Eccentricity
0.0919
Inclination
13.29°
Orbital period
240.8 years
Perihelion
35.148 AU
Aphelion
42.259 AU
Longitude of ascending node
359.67°
Argument of periapsis
191.27°
Epoch · J2000
2457982.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,290.2 LD
34.1499 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.421

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
11
Data arc
49 days
First observed
30 July 2017
Last observed
17 September 2017
Residual RMS
0.26 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
20 June 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.22

Discovery & classification

TNO

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