53311 Deucalion
A trans-Neptunian object about 208 km across, 43.9 AU out and 291.3 years to a lap of the Sun.
Where it is right now
53311 Deucalion is in Libra, 42.0 AU away, magnitude 23.1.
Computed for 2 August 2026, 17:00 UTC, and recomputed at least hourly. This page is cached, so treat the line above as accurate to the hour rather than to the second. The map shows the live position.
Position from a Kepler propagation of the published elements below, accurate to about an arcminute.
Facts
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- Diameter
- 208 kmSource: Published occultation and Herschel/Spitzer radiometry results
- Orbital period
- 291.3 yearsSource: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
- Distance from the Sun
- 43.941 AU on averageSource: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
- Orbit shape
- eccentricity 0.059, inclined 0.4 degrees to the eclipticSource: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
- Class
- Trans-neptunian objectSource: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
- Discovered
- 1999-Apr-18 by Kitt PeakSource: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
Physical size
- Mean radius
- 104 km
- Diameter
- 208 km across
- Absolute magnitude H
- 6.71
Orbit
Elements are heliocentric, referred to the J2000.0 ecliptic.
- Average distance from the Sun
- 43.941 AU (6,573.4 million km)
- Closest and furthest
- 41.342 AU (6,184.7 million km) to 46.540 AU (6,962.2 million km)
- Eccentricity
- 0.0591, slightly elliptical
- Inclination to the ecliptic
- 0.37 degrees
- Orbital period
- 291 years
- Longitude of ascending node
- 51.29 degrees
- Argument of periapsis
- 242.81 degrees
- Mean anomaly at J2000.0
- 277.75 degrees
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