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Ritona

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145452 Ritona (2005 RN43)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
40.58 AU
True anomaly
348.69°
Distance from Earth
39.716 AU
As of
17 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth Ritona — 40.58 AU from the Sun Ritona
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Ritona is 39.716 AU from Earth today (5.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
23h 32m 42s
Declination
+01° 38′ 02″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
39.72 AU
Elongation from the Sun
148.85° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
41.498 AU
Eccentricity
0.0226
Inclination
19.28°
Orbital period
267.3 years
Perihelion
40.562 AU
Aphelion
42.434 AU
Longitude of ascending node
186.99°
Argument of periapsis
178.74°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,395.5 LD
39.5596 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.455

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
1,783
Data arc
71.51 years
First observed
2 June 1954
Last observed
6 December 2025
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
25 August 2026

Physical properties

Rotation period
6.95 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
3.69

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Becker, A. C., Puckett, A. W., Kubica, J.
Discovery date
10 September 2005
Discovery site
Apache Point

Ritona is a goddess of river fords among the Celtic tribe of the Treveri located in the Moselle river valley.

Also known as 145452 · 2005 RN43

Named TNO

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