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2015 GQ55

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(2015 GQ55)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.087 AU
True anomaly
274.32°
Distance from Earth
43.053 AU
As of
18 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 2015 GQ55 — 42.087 AU from the Sun 2015 GQ55
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 GQ55 is 43.053 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 30m 35s
Declination
-07° 53′ 26″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
43.06 AU
Elongation from the Sun
13.27° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
42.767 AU
Eccentricity
0.0944
Inclination
20.7°
Orbital period
279.7 years
Perihelion
38.731 AU
Aphelion
46.803 AU
Longitude of ascending node
199.91°
Argument of periapsis
105.06°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,702.2 LD
37.778 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.461

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
40
Data arc
858 days
First observed
17 February 2015
Last observed
24 June 2017
Residual RMS
0.19 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.1

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources