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Weywot

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Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.603 AU
True anomaly
289.48°
Distance from Earth
42.578 AU
As of
2 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 — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth Quaoar — 42.603 AU from the Sun Quaoar
Weywot is shown at its parent, Quaoar. Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Quaoar is 42.578 AU from Earth today (5.9 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
18h 42m 11s
Declination
-15° 04′ 44″
Constellation
Scutum
Distance from Earth
42.59 AU
Elongation from the Sun
90° — well clear of the Sun

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

Shown at its parent's position — a moon sits within a fraction of a degree of its planet.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, 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.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Orbital period
12.4 days
Epoch · J2000
J2000

Physical properties

Mean radius
81 km

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
M.E. Brown, T.A. Suer
Discovery date
22 February 2007

Sources