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2015 KD163

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(2015 KD163)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
39.73 AU
True anomaly
226.56°
Distance from Earth
39.674 AU
As of
15 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 KD163 — 39.73 AU from the Sun 2015 KD163
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 KD163 is 39.674 AU from Earth today (5.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
19h 40m 07s
Declination
-10° 57′ 59″
Constellation
Aquila
Distance from Earth
39.68 AU
Elongation from the Sun
91.98° — well clear of the Sun

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
35.931 AU
Eccentricity
0.1833
Inclination
31.5°
Orbital period
215.4 years
Perihelion
29.345 AU
Aphelion
42.516 AU
Longitude of ascending node
279.15°
Argument of periapsis
153.49°
Epoch · J2000
2457190.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 11,046.8 LD
28.3853 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.55

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
5
Data arc
27 days
First observed
28 May 2015
Last observed
24 June 2015
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
21 September 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.96

Discovery & classification

TNO

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