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2020 AV30

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(2020 AV30)

2020 AV30 is a trans-Neptunian object in the Trans-Neptunian object orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 43.32 AU to 53 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 334.2 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 10 December 2024.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
52.758 AU
True anomaly
163.49°
Distance from Earth
53.443 AU
As of
26 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 AV30 — 52.758 AU from the Sun 2020 AV30
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 AV30 is 53.443 AU from Earth today (7.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 05m 31s
Declination
-00° 17′ 46″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
53.44 AU
Elongation from the Sun
46.02° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  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.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
48.16 AU
Eccentricity
0.1005
Inclination
14.12°
Orbital period
334.2 years
Perihelion
43.318 AU
Aphelion
53.001 AU
Longitude of ascending node
323.32°
Argument of periapsis
40.64°
Epoch · J2000
2458861.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 16,473.5 LD
42.3296 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.979

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
11
Data arc
28 days
First observed
2 January 2020
Last observed
30 January 2020
Residual RMS
0.12 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 December 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.88

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources