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2018 FM76

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(2018 FM76)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
49.238 AU
True anomaly
154.18°
Distance from Earth
50.154 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2018 FM76 — 49.238 AU from the Sun 2018 FM76
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2018 FM76 is 50.154 AU from Earth today (7.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 26m 34s
Declination
-01° 15′ 47″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
50.15 AU
Elongation from the Sun
23.12° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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  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
45.361 AU
Eccentricity
0.0971
Inclination
2.58°
Orbital period
305.5 years
Perihelion
40.956 AU
Aphelion
49.766 AU
Longitude of ascending node
41.87°
Argument of periapsis
350.07°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,551.7 LD
39.961 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.986

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
13
Data arc
390 days
First observed
10 March 2018
Last observed
4 April 2019
Residual RMS
0.12 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
30 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.78

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources