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2015 GP56

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(2015 GP56)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
39.057 AU
True anomaly
77.91°
Distance from Earth
40.013 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 GP56 — 39.057 AU from the Sun 2015 GP56
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 GP56 is 40.013 AU from Earth today (5.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 37m 14s
Declination
-05° 39′ 13″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
40.01 AU
Elongation from the Sun
16.16° — 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.
  3. Paste them 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
41.723 AU
Eccentricity
0.1731
Inclination
30.2°
Orbital period
269.5 years
Perihelion
34.501 AU
Aphelion
48.945 AU
Longitude of ascending node
202.44°
Argument of periapsis
301.15°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,080.3 LD
33.6106 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.946

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
33
Data arc
821 days
First observed
17 February 2015
Last observed
18 May 2017
Residual RMS
0.24 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
9

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources