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2022 QY7

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(2022 QY7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
35.769 AU
True anomaly
147.86°
Distance from Earth
34.818 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 2022 QY7 — 35.769 AU from the Sun 2022 QY7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 QY7 is 34.818 AU from Earth today (4.8 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 19m 30s
Declination
-08° 50′ 21″
Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
34.82 AU
Elongation from the Sun
162.27° — near opposition — up most of the night

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
33.06 AU
Eccentricity
0.1005
Inclination
15.59°
Orbital period
190.1 years
Perihelion
29.738 AU
Aphelion
36.382 AU
Longitude of ascending node
98.78°
Argument of periapsis
128.24°
Epoch · J2000
2459817.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,188.9 LD
28.7506 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.988

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
7
Data arc
2 days
First observed
25 August 2022
Last observed
27 August 2022
Residual RMS
0.16 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
2 September 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.91

Discovery & classification

TNO

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