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2014 WC556

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(2014 WC556)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.164 AU
True anomaly
9.37°
Distance from Earth
41.346 AU
As of
22 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 WC556 — 42.164 AU from the Sun 2014 WC556
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 WC556 is 41.346 AU from Earth today (5.7 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 16m 44s
Declination
-22° 58′ 07″
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
41.35 AU
Elongation from the Sun
144.4° — well clear of the Sun

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
45.951 AU
Eccentricity
0.0834
Inclination
36.34°
Orbital period
311.5 years
Perihelion
42.121 AU
Aphelion
49.782 AU
Longitude of ascending node
54.81°
Argument of periapsis
298.28°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 16,058.5 LD
41.2632 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.884

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
27
Data arc
3.02 years
First observed
16 November 2014
Last observed
24 November 2017
Residual RMS
0.22 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
8 September 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.46

Discovery & classification

TNO

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