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2015 KY175

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(2015 KY175)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
42.534 AU
True anomaly
332.04°
Distance from Earth
43.253 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 KY175 — 42.534 AU from the Sun 2015 KY175
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 KY175 is 43.253 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 42m 36s
Declination
-16° 09′ 52″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
43.26 AU
Elongation from the Sun
42.8° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
44.361 AU
Eccentricity
0.0461
Inclination
7.68°
Orbital period
295.5 years
Perihelion
42.316 AU
Aphelion
46.407 AU
Longitude of ascending node
199.41°
Argument of periapsis
81.05°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 16,075.9 LD
41.3079 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.898

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
39
Data arc
822 days
First observed
23 February 2015
Last observed
25 May 2017
Residual RMS
0.2 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources