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2023 PE5

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(2023 PE5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
29.469 AU
True anomaly
31.84°
Distance from Earth
29.239 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 2023 PE5 — 29.469 AU from the Sun 2023 PE5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 PE5 is 29.239 AU from Earth today (4.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
20h 26m 43s
Declination
-12° 55′ 26″
Constellation
Capricornus
Distance from Earth
29.25 AU
Elongation from the Sun
101.69° — well clear of the Sun

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.
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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
39.45 AU
Eccentricity
0.2774
Inclination
9.21°
Orbital period
247.8 years
Perihelion
28.506 AU
Aphelion
50.394 AU
Longitude of ascending node
267.15°
Argument of periapsis
9.12°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 10,698.2 LD
27.4896 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.354

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
34
Data arc
7.12 years
First observed
16 June 2018
Last observed
29 July 2025
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 October 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.26

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources