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2015 KJ160

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(2015 KJ160)

2015 KJ160 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.66 AU to 1.42 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 387.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.032 AU
True anomaly
110.41°
Distance from Earth
1.956 AU
As of
4 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 KJ160 — 1.032 AU from the Sun 2015 KJ160
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 KJ160 is 1.956 AU from Earth today (16.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 52m 55s
Declination
-05° 50′ 54″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.96 AU
Elongation from the Sun
15.14° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  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.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
1.04 AU
Eccentricity
0.367
Inclination
15.66°
Orbital period
387.5 days
Perihelion
0.658 AU
Aphelion
1.422 AU
Longitude of ascending node
54.53°
Argument of periapsis
28.34°
Epoch · J2000
2457169.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 69.3 LD
0.178 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.804

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
6
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
26 May 2015
Last observed
27 May 2015
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.09

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Sources