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2015 NQ45

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(2015 NQ45)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
39.588 AU
True anomaly
106.95°
Distance from Earth
38.704 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 NQ45 — 39.588 AU from the Sun 2015 NQ45
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 NQ45 is 38.704 AU from Earth today (5.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
23h 42m 38s
Declination
-01° 07′ 01″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
38.71 AU
Elongation from the Sun
152.06° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
38.8 AU
Eccentricity
0.1912
Inclination
26.64°
Orbital period
241.7 years
Perihelion
31.38 AU
Aphelion
46.22 AU
Longitude of ascending node
177.61°
Argument of periapsis
71.52°
Epoch · J2000
2457232.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,856.2 LD
30.4652 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.926

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
12
Data arc
36 days
First observed
15 July 2015
Last observed
20 August 2015
Residual RMS
0.11 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 April 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.84

Discovery & classification

TNO

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