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2013 VZ31

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(2013 VZ31)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
48.26 AU
True anomaly
161.21°
Distance from Earth
47.293 AU
As of
20 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2013 VZ31 — 48.26 AU from the Sun 2013 VZ31
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 VZ31 is 47.293 AU from Earth today (6.6 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
00h 54m 08s
Declination
+03° 12′ 27″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
47.29 AU
Elongation from the Sun
166.02° — near opposition — up most of the night

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
43.569 AU
Eccentricity
0.1154
Inclination
2.67°
Orbital period
287.6 years
Perihelion
38.542 AU
Aphelion
48.596 AU
Longitude of ascending node
74.92°
Argument of periapsis
137.82°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,608.2 LD
37.5367 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.862

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
41
Data arc
7.95 years
First observed
2 October 2013
Last observed
12 September 2021
Residual RMS
0.17 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
16 October 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.61

Discovery & classification

TNO

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