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PANSTARRS-Fuls

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407P/PANSTARRS-Fuls

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
2.242 AU
True anomaly
35.64°
Distance from Earth
3.227 AU
As of
11 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth PANSTARRS-Fuls — 2.242 AU from the Sun PANSTARRS-Fuls
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. PANSTARRS-Fuls is 3.227 AU from Earth today (26.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 40m 20s
Declination
-07° 33′ 02″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
3.23 AU
Elongation from the Sun
7.49° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
3.455 AU
Eccentricity
0.385
Inclination
4.9°
Orbital period
6.42 years
Perihelion
2.125 AU
Aphelion
4.785 AU
Longitude of ascending node
80.84°
Argument of periapsis
92.34°
Epoch · J2000
2458778.5
Orbit class · ETc
Encke-type comet
Earth MOID · 442.4 LD
1.1368 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.005

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
734
Data arc
7.1 years
First observed
5 May 2013
Last observed
12 June 2020
Residual RMS
0.63 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
31 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.2
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 29.3
7.2

Discovery & classification

Also known as 407P · 407P/2013 J4 · 407P/2019 Y2

Named

Close approaches 11 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2070-03-04 09:29:00 Juptr 1.9306 AU 751.3 LD 8.9 km/s
2081-06-30 21:40:00 Jupiter 0.38 AU 147.9 LD 3.9 km/s
2081-06-30 21:40:00 Juptr 0.38 AU 147.9 LD 3.9 km/s
2140-11-22 12:20:00 Jupiter 0.2194 AU 85.4 LD 3.8 km/s
2140-11-22 12:20:00 Juptr 0.2194 AU 85.4 LD 3.8 km/s
2145-04-20 04:15:00 Juptr 0.9327 AU 363.0 LD 2.8 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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