495615 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.75 AU to 1.22 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 355.6 days. Discovered 10 August 2015 by Pan-STARRS 1. Orbit from the JPL solution of 21 October 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.758 AU
- True anomaly
- 19.63°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.779 AU
- As of
- 2 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 11h 09m 56s
- Declination
- -16° 53′ 30″
- Constellation
- Crater
- Distance from Earth
- 0.78 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 48.85° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 0.982 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2375
- Inclination
- 34.6°
- Orbital period
- 355.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.749 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.216 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 234.38°
- Argument of periapsis
- 198.97°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 70.6 LD
- 0.1815 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.992
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 2,417
- Data arc
- 11.03 years
- First observed
- 13 July 2015
- Last observed
- 25 July 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.37 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 21 October 2026
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 13.75 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.69
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Pan-STARRS 1
- Discovery date
- 10 August 2015
- Discovery site
- Haleakala
Also known as 2015 PQ291
Close approaches 27 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2058-05-13 05:37 UTC close approach of 495615. Catalogue miss distance 70.8 LD · 2.72 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2058-05-10 to 2058-05-16, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2040-05-26 22:16:00 | Venus | 0.1454 AU | 56.6 LD | 24.2 km/s |
| 2052-02-02 19:32:00 | Venus | 0.1315 AU | 51.2 LD | 24.1 km/s |
| 2058-05-13 05:37:00 | Earth | 0.1818 AU | 70.8 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2063-10-11 18:20:00 | Venus | 0.1201 AU | 46.7 LD | 24 km/s |
| 2075-06-19 22:40:00 | Venus | 0.1164 AU | 45.3 LD | 24 km/s |
| 2087-02-26 17:20:00 | Venus | 0.1322 AU | 51.5 LD | 24.1 km/s |
| 2095-05-11 18:49:00 | Earth | 0.1915 AU | 74.5 LD | 17.2 km/s |
| 2096-05-14 03:52:00 | Earth | 0.1898 AU | 73.9 LD | 16.8 km/s |
| 2098-11-05 09:47:00 | Venus | 0.1454 AU | 56.6 LD | 24.2 km/s |
| 2133-05-12 14:55:00 | Earth | 0.1889 AU | 73.5 LD | 17.1 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB