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2015 VS227

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(2015 VS227)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
39.51 AU
True anomaly
74.35°
Distance from Earth
40.179 AU
As of
17 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 VS227 — 39.51 AU from the Sun 2015 VS227
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 VS227 is 40.179 AU from Earth today (5.6 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 22m 19s
Declination
-02° 05′ 16″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
40.17 AU
Elongation from the Sun
47.64° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
40.232 AU
Eccentricity
0.0559
Inclination
17.26°
Orbital period
255.2 years
Perihelion
37.982 AU
Aphelion
42.482 AU
Longitude of ascending node
198.47°
Argument of periapsis
242.96°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,412.0 LD
37.0324 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.432

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
32
Data arc
353 days
First observed
21 January 2015
Last observed
9 January 2016
Residual RMS
0.11 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
6 March 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.62

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources