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Asteroid Near-Earth

2015 VH65

(2015 VH65)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.046 AU
True anomaly
176.67°
Distance from Earth
0.165 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 2015 VH65 — 1.046 AU from the Sun 2015 VH65
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 VH65 is 0.165 AU from Earth today (1.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
04h 22m 04s
Declination
+75° 54′ 21″
Constellation
Camelopardalis
Distance from Earth
0.16 AU
Elongation from the Sun
101.85° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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.

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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.

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  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.

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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
0.852 AU
Eccentricity
0.2283
Inclination
13.38°
Orbital period
287.1 days
Perihelion
0.657 AU
Aphelion
1.046 AU
Longitude of ascending node
227.08°
Argument of periapsis
330.25°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.3 LD
0.0137 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.876

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
62
Data arc
4 days
First observed
8 November 2015
Last observed
12 November 2015
Residual RMS
0.52 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 171 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-11-10 00:24:00 Earth 0.0249 AU 9.7 LD 8 km/s
2030-05-08 02:32:00 Earth 0.3338 AU 129.9 LD 12.9 km/s
2030-11-09 11:38:00 Earth 0.3564 AU 138.7 LD 17.4 km/s
2032-09-24 06:47:00 Venus 0.1455 AU 56.6 LD 16 km/s
2033-09-18 09:31:00 Earth 0.3744 AU 145.7 LD 14.8 km/s
2034-03-18 19:03:00 Earth 0.36 AU 140.1 LD 12 km/s
2037-10-28 13:16:00 Earth 0.11 AU 42.8 LD 7.6 km/s
2038-03-22 12:52:00 Venus 0.059 AU 23.0 LD 11.6 km/s
2041-05-22 13:45:00 Earth 0.3202 AU 124.6 LD 12.2 km/s
2041-11-12 11:57:00 Earth 0.2435 AU 94.8 LD 14.1 km/s

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

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