2005 QU182

2005 QU182 — trans-Neptunian object, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

A bright, icy scattered-disc object on a wildly eccentric orbit that swings deep into the outer dark.

Diameter
~584 km
Discovered
2005
Class
Scattered-disc object
Surface
Unusually bright and icy

Seeing 2005 QU182 in real time

Cosmoscope puts 2005 QU182 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 2005 QU182 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 2005 QU182 where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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