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2014 SH378

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(2014 SH378)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
39.632 AU
True anomaly
293.06°
Distance from Earth
38.744 AU
As of
17 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 2014 SH378 — 39.632 AU from the Sun 2014 SH378
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 SH378 is 38.744 AU from Earth today (5.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
00h 13m 38s
Declination
-10° 04′ 41″
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
38.75 AU
Elongation from the Sun
152.06° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.
  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
40.969 AU
Eccentricity
0.0724
Inclination
16.84°
Orbital period
262.2 years
Perihelion
38.005 AU
Aphelion
43.934 AU
Longitude of ascending node
36.84°
Argument of periapsis
28.6°
Epoch · J2000
2456940.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,410.1 LD
37.0275 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.484

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
5
Data arc
31 days
First observed
22 September 2014
Last observed
23 October 2014
Residual RMS
0.01 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.4

Discovery & classification

TNO

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