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2004 US10

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(2004 US10)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
31.953 AU
True anomaly
34.4°
Distance from Earth
31.116 AU
As of
17 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2004 US10 — 31.953 AU from the Sun 2004 US10
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2004 US10 is 31.116 AU from Earth today (4.3 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
03h 32m 07s
Declination
+26° 26′ 20″
Constellation
Taurus
Distance from Earth
31.11 AU
Elongation from the Sun
146.8° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
39.775 AU
Eccentricity
0.2222
Inclination
10.29°
Orbital period
250.9 years
Perihelion
30.937 AU
Aphelion
48.613 AU
Longitude of ascending node
14.11°
Argument of periapsis
8.11°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,651.6 LD
29.9393 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.435

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
51
Data arc
11.22 years
First observed
17 October 2004
Last observed
7 January 2016
Residual RMS
0.22 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
9.3

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources