In the sky
- Right ascension
- 09h 18m 04s
- Declination
- +16° 18′ 46″
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Distance from Earth
- 6.05 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 38.69° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
Shown at its parent's position — a moon sits within a fraction of a degree of its planet.
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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
- 0.153 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.277
- Inclination
- 164.5°
- Orbital period
- 705.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.11 AU
- Aphelion
- 0.195 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 115.9°
- Argument of periapsis
- 338.2°
- Epoch · ecliptic
- 2000-01-01.5
Discovery & classification
Also known as S2017_J_13
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL Solar System Dynamics — planetary satellites