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2015 MT200

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(2015 MT200)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.087 AU
True anomaly
216.02°
Distance from Earth
1.531 AU
As of
19 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 MT200 — 1.087 AU from the Sun 2015 MT200
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 MT200 is 1.531 AU from Earth today (12.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 42m 01s
Declination
-22° 41′ 59″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
1.53 AU
Elongation from the Sun
44.76° — 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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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
0.865 AU
Eccentricity
0.4619
Inclination
2.25°
Orbital period
294.1 days
Perihelion
0.466 AU
Aphelion
1.265 AU
Longitude of ascending node
95.47°
Argument of periapsis
340.35°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 6.5 LD
0.0167 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.735

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
19
Data arc
11.95 years
First observed
4 July 2011
Last observed
16 June 2023
Residual RMS
0.47 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
17 June 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.81

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 225 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2015 MT200 at 2027-01-31 16:40 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-31 16:40 UTC close approach of 2015 MT200. Catalogue miss distance 171.4 LD · 6.59 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-28 to 2027-02-03, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 171.4 LD · 6.59 × 10⁷ km 2027-01-31 16:40 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-31 16:40 UTC close approach of 2015 MT200. Catalogue miss distance 171.4 LD · 6.59 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-28 to 2027-02-03, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-01-31 16:40:00 Earth 0.4405 AU 171.4 LD 15.1 km/s
2027-06-09 22:35:00 Earth 0.25 AU 97.3 LD 10 km/s
2027-10-03 21:53:00 Earth 0.4239 AU 165.0 LD 13 km/s
2031-02-23 06:23:00 Earth 0.3748 AU 145.9 LD 9.5 km/s
2031-05-23 08:32:00 Earth 0.2362 AU 91.9 LD 9.8 km/s
2031-10-22 12:16:00 Earth 0.4714 AU 183.5 LD 17.2 km/s
2035-05-04 14:05:00 Earth 0.1745 AU 67.9 LD 9.4 km/s
2035-11-07 00:44:00 Earth 0.4995 AU 194.4 LD 20.1 km/s
2036-07-09 17:33:00 Earth 0.3951 AU 153.8 LD 25 km/s
2036-08-05 22:58:00 Venus 0.1473 AU 57.3 LD 9.8 km/s

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

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