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2025 OW344

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(2025 OW344)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.825 AU
True anomaly
244.27°
Distance from Earth
42.341 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 2025 OW344 — 42.825 AU from the Sun 2025 OW344
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 OW344 is 42.341 AU from Earth today (5.9 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
21h 44m 22s
Declination
-13° 15′ 15″
Constellation
Capricornus
Distance from Earth
42.34 AU
Elongation from the Sun
118.32° — 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.
  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
42.085 AU
Eccentricity
0.0443
Inclination
3.77°
Orbital period
273 years
Perihelion
40.221 AU
Aphelion
43.948 AU
Longitude of ascending node
149.92°
Argument of periapsis
290.86°
Epoch · J2000
2460887.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,270.5 LD
39.2385 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.794

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
10
Data arc
40 days
First observed
18 July 2025
Last observed
27 August 2025
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 September 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.22

Discovery & classification

TNO

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