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2015 GS57

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(2015 GS57)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
45.71 AU
True anomaly
201.21°
Distance from Earth
46.699 AU
As of
20 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 GS57 — 45.71 AU from the Sun 2015 GS57
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 GS57 is 46.699 AU from Earth today (6.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 08m 37s
Declination
-11° 24′ 55″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
46.7 AU
Elongation from the Sun
5.9° — 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
43.956 AU
Eccentricity
0.0431
Inclination
1.83°
Orbital period
291.4 years
Perihelion
42.062 AU
Aphelion
45.85 AU
Longitude of ascending node
89.98°
Argument of periapsis
282.8°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,980.2 LD
41.0619 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.923

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
27
Data arc
7.19 years
First observed
17 February 2015
Last observed
26 April 2022
Residual RMS
0.2 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 April 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.89

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources