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2013 JE66

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(2013 JE66)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.705 AU
True anomaly
78.33°
Distance from Earth
43.533 AU
As of
20 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 2013 JE66 — 42.705 AU from the Sun 2013 JE66
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 JE66 is 43.533 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 40m 13s
Declination
-41° 17′ 10″
Constellation
Centaurus
Distance from Earth
43.54 AU
Elongation from the Sun
32.73° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  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.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
44.032 AU
Eccentricity
0.1013
Inclination
31.58°
Orbital period
292.2 years
Perihelion
39.571 AU
Aphelion
48.494 AU
Longitude of ascending node
2.36°
Argument of periapsis
155.18°
Epoch · J2000
2460800.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.049

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
6
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
11 May 2013
Last observed
12 May 2013
Residual RMS
0.08 ″

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.92

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2013 JJ66 · 2013 JL66

TNO

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