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2015 VL64

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(2015 VL64)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.721 AU
True anomaly
302.66°
Distance from Earth
1.709 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 VL64 — 0.721 AU from the Sun 2015 VL64
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 VL64 is 1.709 AU from Earth today (14.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 03m 26s
Declination
-12° 27′ 56″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.71 AU
Elongation from the Sun
4.66° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.909 AU
Eccentricity
0.2885
Inclination
0.71°
Orbital period
316.5 days
Perihelion
0.647 AU
Aphelion
1.171 AU
Longitude of ascending node
52.46°
Argument of periapsis
224.29°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.0 LD
0.0025 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.525

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
29
Data arc
6 days
First observed
7 November 2015
Last observed
13 November 2015
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.3

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 40 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2015 VL64 at 2028-11-02 19:17 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-11-02 19:17 UTC close approach of 2015 VL64. Catalogue miss distance 2.60 LD · 1 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-10-30 to 2028-11-05, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 31 Oct 4 Nov 2.60 LD · 1 × 10⁶ km 2028-11-02 19:17 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-11-02 19:17 UTC close approach of 2015 VL64. Catalogue miss distance 2.60 LD · 1 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-10-30 to 2028-11-05, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2028-11-02 19:17:00 Earth 0.0067 AU 2.6 LD 8.5 km/s
2028-11-03 08:49:00 Moon 0.0055 AU 2.2 LD 9.1 km/s
2029-06-17 10:11:00 Earth 0.3715 AU 144.6 LD 12.8 km/s
2030-02-17 10:08:00 Earth 0.167 AU 65.0 LD 13.9 km/s
2030-06-04 06:29:00 Venus 0.0666 AU 25.9 LD 11.6 km/s
2034-11-06 01:18:00 Earth 0.149 AU 58.0 LD 13.3 km/s
2036-02-21 16:38:00 Earth 0.0136 AU 5.3 LD 8.6 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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