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2015 VL167

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(2015 VL167)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
31.186 AU
True anomaly
6.9°
Distance from Earth
30.551 AU
As of
15 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 VL167 — 31.186 AU from the Sun 2015 VL167
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 VL167 is 30.551 AU from Earth today (4.2 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
04h 45m 47s
Declination
+26° 30′ 34″
Constellation
Taurus
Distance from Earth
30.54 AU
Elongation from the Sun
129.59° — well clear of the Sun

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

From your location

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  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.
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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
36.715 AU
Eccentricity
0.1514
Inclination
10.61°
Orbital period
222.5 years
Perihelion
31.157 AU
Aphelion
42.274 AU
Longitude of ascending node
49.8°
Argument of periapsis
15.65°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,741.6 LD
30.1707 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.303

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
20
Data arc
534 days
First observed
11 August 2015
Last observed
26 January 2017
Residual RMS
0.17 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
9.6

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources