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2003 QO112

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(2003 QO112)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
36.436 AU
True anomaly
129.04°
Distance from Earth
35.444 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 2003 QO112 — 36.436 AU from the Sun 2003 QO112
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2003 QO112 is 35.444 AU from Earth today (4.9 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 04m 46s
Declination
+12° 27′ 28″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
35.44 AU
Elongation from the Sun
174° — near opposition — up most of the night

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
33.332 AU
Eccentricity
0.5036
Inclination
7°
Orbital period
192.4 years
Perihelion
16.545 AU
Aphelion
50.119 AU
Longitude of ascending node
334.32°
Argument of periapsis
276.63°
Epoch · J2000
2452899.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 6,047.5 LD
15.5394 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.497

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
9
Data arc
54 days
First observed
29 August 2003
Last observed
22 October 2003
Residual RMS
0.23 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
11.94

Discovery & classification

TNO

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