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2016 FA60

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(2016 FA60)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
35.875 AU
True anomaly
1.67°
Distance from Earth
36.794 AU
As of
19 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 2016 FA60 — 35.875 AU from the Sun 2016 FA60
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 FA60 is 36.794 AU from Earth today (5.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 53m 33s
Declination
-30° 00′ 02″
Constellation
Hydra
Distance from Earth
36.79 AU
Elongation from the Sun
22.37° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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.
  3. Paste them above.

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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
43.006 AU
Eccentricity
0.1659
Inclination
23.85°
Orbital period
282 years
Perihelion
35.872 AU
Aphelion
50.139 AU
Longitude of ascending node
311.79°
Argument of periapsis
252.32°
Epoch · J2000
2457478.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,601.2 LD
34.9491 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.307

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
9
Data arc
2 days
First observed
30 March 2016
Last observed
1 April 2016
Residual RMS
0.71 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.99

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources