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2015 YE2

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(2015 YE2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.088 AU
True anomaly
197.83°
Distance from Earth
1.832 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 2015 YE2 — 1.088 AU from the Sun 2015 YE2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 YE2 is 1.832 AU from Earth today (15.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 48m 07s
Declination
-05° 48′ 58″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.83 AU
Elongation from the Sun
29.94° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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.

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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
0.922 AU
Eccentricity
0.1947
Inclination
12.17°
Orbital period
323.1 days
Perihelion
0.742 AU
Aphelion
1.101 AU
Longitude of ascending node
268.02°
Argument of periapsis
46.7°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 11.6 LD
0.0299 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.453

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
30
Data arc
18 days
First observed
18 December 2015
Last observed
5 January 2016
Residual RMS
0.66 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.22

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 81 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2015 YE2 at 2030-12-15 15:03 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-12-15 15:03 UTC close approach of 2015 YE2. Catalogue miss distance 80.8 LD · 3.11 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-12-12 to 2030-12-18, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 80.8 LD · 3.11 × 10⁷ km 2030-12-15 15:03 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-12-15 15:03 UTC close approach of 2015 YE2. Catalogue miss distance 80.8 LD · 3.11 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-12-12 to 2030-12-18, 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 north 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
2030-12-15 15:03:00 Earth 0.2077 AU 80.8 LD 13.4 km/s
2031-07-13 14:12:00 Venus 0.0695 AU 27.0 LD 9.9 km/s
2031-08-10 19:10:00 Earth 0.3058 AU 119.0 LD 9.7 km/s
2032-04-16 15:07:00 Earth 0.204 AU 79.4 LD 9.5 km/s
2038-12-15 01:50:00 Earth 0.0302 AU 11.8 LD 8.3 km/s
2039-07-08 15:07:00 Earth 0.2675 AU 104.1 LD 10.1 km/s
2040-03-30 12:12:00 Earth 0.3399 AU 132.3 LD 14.9 km/s
2045-09-05 06:13:00 Venus 0.1472 AU 57.3 LD 9.6 km/s
2045-12-24 17:04:00 Earth 0.4908 AU 191.0 LD 21.9 km/s
2053-09-02 12:39:00 Venus 0.1003 AU 39.0 LD 12.6 km/s

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

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