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2020 BS168

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(2020 BS168)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
38.332 AU
True anomaly
295.73°
Distance from Earth
39.236 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 2020 BS168 — 38.332 AU from the Sun 2020 BS168
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 BS168 is 39.236 AU from Earth today (5.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 00m 53s
Declination
+00° 55′ 54″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
39.23 AU
Elongation from the Sun
25.18° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
40.761 AU
Eccentricity
0.1141
Inclination
11.83°
Orbital period
260.2 years
Perihelion
36.111 AU
Aphelion
45.41 AU
Longitude of ascending node
174.59°
Argument of periapsis
68.98°
Epoch · J2000
2458852.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,667.0 LD
35.1182 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.571

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
13
Data arc
57 days
First observed
4 December 2019
Last observed
30 January 2020
Residual RMS
0.12 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 November 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
9.48

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources