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2025 NQ497

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(2025 NQ497)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
38.882 AU
True anomaly
129.64°
Distance from Earth
38.09 AU
As of
15 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 2025 NQ497 — 38.882 AU from the Sun 2025 NQ497
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 NQ497 is 38.09 AU from Earth today (5.3 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
23h 01m 53s
Declination
-05° 19′ 17″
Constellation
Aquarius
Distance from Earth
38.1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
141.64° — 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
35.789 AU
Eccentricity
0.163
Inclination
2.31°
Orbital period
214.1 years
Perihelion
29.955 AU
Aphelion
41.624 AU
Longitude of ascending node
325.16°
Argument of periapsis
250.69°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.316

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
9
Data arc
49 days
First observed
11 July 2025
Last observed
29 August 2025
Residual RMS
0.44 ″

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.42

Discovery & classification

TNO

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