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1999 RV215

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(1999 RV215)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
38.241 AU
True anomaly
44.16°
Distance from Earth
37.475 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 1999 RV215 — 38.241 AU from the Sun 1999 RV215
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 1999 RV215 is 37.475 AU from Earth today (5.2 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
03h 43m 18s
Declination
+41° 36′ 16″
Constellation
Perseus
Distance from Earth
37.47 AU
Elongation from the Sun
140.65° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
44.895 AU
Eccentricity
0.1859
Inclination
22°
Orbital period
300.8 years
Perihelion
36.547 AU
Aphelion
53.243 AU
Longitude of ascending node
351.89°
Argument of periapsis
27.59°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,840.1 LD
35.5628 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.468

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
16
Data arc
15.12 years
First observed
7 September 1999
Last observed
22 October 2014
Residual RMS
0.18 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.4

Discovery & classification

TNO

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