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2015 VN165

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(2015 VN165)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
30.7 AU
True anomaly
21.84°
Distance from Earth
30.111 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 VN165 — 30.7 AU from the Sun 2015 VN165
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 VN165 is 30.111 AU from Earth today (4.2 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
05h 07m 54s
Declination
+21° 24′ 53″
Constellation
Taurus
Distance from Earth
30.1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
126.35° — 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
39.528 AU
Eccentricity
0.2339
Inclination
3.94°
Orbital period
248.5 years
Perihelion
30.282 AU
Aphelion
48.773 AU
Longitude of ascending node
97.91°
Argument of periapsis
316.58°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,400.4 LD
29.2939 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.478

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
30
Data arc
773 days
First observed
11 August 2015
Last observed
22 September 2017
Residual RMS
0.21 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
10

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources