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2021 LY56

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(2021 LY56)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
37.07 AU
True anomaly
45.17°
Distance from Earth
37.763 AU
As of
16 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 2021 LY56 — 37.07 AU from the Sun 2021 LY56
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2021 LY56 is 37.763 AU from Earth today (5.2 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 30m 54s
Declination
-10° 26′ 53″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
37.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
45.37° — 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.
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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
38.425 AU
Eccentricity
0.0484
Inclination
31.63°
Orbital period
238.2 years
Perihelion
36.565 AU
Aphelion
40.285 AU
Longitude of ascending node
88.04°
Argument of periapsis
112.49°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.758

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
20
First observed
2020-??-??
Last observed
25 April 2023
Residual RMS
0.29 ″

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
9.16

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources