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2014 YE15

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(2014 YE15)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.806 AU
True anomaly
270.75°
Distance from Earth
1.663 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 YE15 — 0.806 AU from the Sun 2014 YE15
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 YE15 is 1.663 AU from Earth today (13.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 22m 09s
Declination
-03° 55′ 48″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.66 AU
Elongation from the Sun
20.18° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.844 AU
Eccentricity
0.2071
Inclination
3.21°
Orbital period
283.4 days
Perihelion
0.669 AU
Aphelion
1.019 AU
Longitude of ascending node
276.42°
Argument of periapsis
333.68°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.4 LD
0.0037 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.95

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
42
Data arc
4 days
First observed
26 December 2014
Last observed
30 December 2014
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.3

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 173 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 YE15 at 2028-08-06 21:37 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-08-06 21:37 UTC close approach of 2014 YE15. Catalogue miss distance 108.6 LD · 4.17 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-08-03 to 2028-08-09, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 108.6 LD · 4.17 × 10⁷ km 2028-08-06 21:37 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-08-06 21:37 UTC close approach of 2014 YE15. Catalogue miss distance 108.6 LD · 4.17 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-08-03 to 2028-08-09, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2028-08-06 21:37:00 Earth 0.2791 AU 108.6 LD 7.1 km/s
2029-01-06 07:13:00 Earth 0.1592 AU 62.0 LD 10 km/s
2031-11-04 15:16:00 Earth 0.2912 AU 113.3 LD 14 km/s
2032-04-22 22:32:00 Earth 0.3163 AU 123.1 LD 9.1 km/s
2035-07-18 08:17:00 Earth 0.3134 AU 122.0 LD 9 km/s
2036-01-03 11:33:00 Earth 0.2854 AU 111.1 LD 14 km/s
2036-12-29 16:04:00 Venus 0.0671 AU 26.1 LD 6.5 km/s
2038-11-01 02:09:00 Earth 0.1625 AU 63.3 LD 9.7 km/s
2039-04-01 12:34:00 Earth 0.2791 AU 108.6 LD 7 km/s
2040-03-12 06:24:00 Venus 0.0567 AU 22.1 LD 7.9 km/s

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

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