Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà

Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà — trans-Neptunian object, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

A very red scattered-disc body named from Juǀʼhoan folklore, circled by its small dark moon.

Diameter
~634 km
Discovered
2007
Class
Scattered-disc object
Moon
Gǃòʼé ǃHú

Seeing Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà in real time

Cosmoscope puts Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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