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2015 BS518

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(2015 BS518)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
37.964 AU
True anomaly
328.14°
Distance from Earth
38.92 AU
As of
18 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 BS518 — 37.964 AU from the Sun 2015 BS518
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 BS518 is 38.92 AU from Earth today (5.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 42m 37s
Declination
+00° 00′ 04″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
38.92 AU
Elongation from the Sun
16.24° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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  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.
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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
41.935 AU
Eccentricity
0.108
Inclination
28.55°
Orbital period
271.6 years
Perihelion
37.407 AU
Aphelion
46.462 AU
Longitude of ascending node
17.37°
Argument of periapsis
202.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,172.6 LD
36.4173 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.082

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
63
Data arc
16.16 years
First observed
21 December 2004
Last observed
16 February 2021
Residual RMS
0.58 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 March 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.74

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources