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2001 DR106

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(2001 DR106)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
44.465 AU
True anomaly
20.29°
Distance from Earth
45.375 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2001 DR106 — 44.465 AU from the Sun 2001 DR106
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2001 DR106 is 45.375 AU from Earth today (6.3 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 18m 34s
Declination
-01° 08′ 00″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
45.37 AU
Elongation from the Sun
24.31° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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  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
44.466 AU
Eccentricity
0
Inclination
1.52°
Orbital period
296.5 years
Perihelion
44.465 AU
Aphelion
44.467 AU
Longitude of ascending node
151.57°
Argument of periapsis
12.32°
Epoch · J2000
2451964.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 16,908.9 LD
43.4483 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.962

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
6
Data arc
3 days
First observed
22 February 2001
Last observed
25 February 2001
Residual RMS
0.14 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.35

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources