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2019 GM140

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(2019 GM140)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
34.962 AU
True anomaly
298.5°
Distance from Earth
35.941 AU
As of
15 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 GM140 — 34.962 AU from the Sun 2019 GM140
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 GM140 is 35.941 AU from Earth today (5.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 07m 10s
Declination
-09° 06′ 06″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
35.94 AU
Elongation from the Sun
10.34° — too close to the Sun to observe

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.
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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
36.424 AU
Eccentricity
0.0752
Inclination
4.69°
Orbital period
219.8 years
Perihelion
33.684 AU
Aphelion
39.164 AU
Longitude of ascending node
162.19°
Argument of periapsis
112.44°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 12,714.3 LD
32.6701 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.402

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
33
Data arc
19.15 years
First observed
10 April 2000
Last observed
5 June 2019
Residual RMS
0.38 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
12 May 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.47

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources