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2005 JH177

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(2005 JH177)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.18 AU
True anomaly
62.4°
Distance from Earth
43.048 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2005 JH177 — 42.18 AU from the Sun 2005 JH177
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2005 JH177 is 43.048 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 42m 15s
Declination
-16° 50′ 03″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
43.05 AU
Elongation from the Sun
28.35° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

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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
44.436 AU
Eccentricity
0.095
Inclination
3.28°
Orbital period
296.2 years
Perihelion
40.217 AU
Aphelion
48.656 AU
Longitude of ascending node
117.37°
Argument of periapsis
58.01°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,264.6 LD
39.2233 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.926

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
27
Data arc
8.96 years
First observed
11 May 2005
Last observed
26 April 2014
Residual RMS
0.26 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.99

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources