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2001 DC106

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(2001 DC106)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
41.962 AU
True anomaly
87.38°
Distance from Earth
42.943 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 2001 DC106 — 41.962 AU from the Sun 2001 DC106
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2001 DC106 is 42.943 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 01m 17s
Declination
-04° 35′ 07″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
42.94 AU
Elongation from the Sun
10.02° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
42.256 AU
Eccentricity
0.0637
Inclination
1.91°
Orbital period
274.7 years
Perihelion
39.562 AU
Aphelion
44.949 AU
Longitude of ascending node
121.32°
Argument of periapsis
346.95°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,013.8 LD
38.5788 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.808

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
74
Data arc
23.05 years
First observed
28 February 2001
Last observed
17 March 2024
Residual RMS
0.82 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 December 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.48

Discovery & classification

TNO

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