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2015 FB495

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(2015 FB495)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
43.105 AU
True anomaly
118.42°
Distance from Earth
44.086 AU
As of
17 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 FB495 — 43.105 AU from the Sun 2015 FB495
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 FB495 is 44.086 AU from Earth today (6.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 55m 31s
Declination
-04° 54′ 47″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
44.08 AU
Elongation from the Sun
10.44° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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  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
41.067 AU
Eccentricity
0.1368
Inclination
8.59°
Orbital period
263.2 years
Perihelion
35.45 AU
Aphelion
46.683 AU
Longitude of ascending node
188.03°
Argument of periapsis
248.05°
Epoch · J2000
2457120.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,417.0 LD
34.4757 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.63

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
16
Data arc
66 days
First observed
18 March 2015
Last observed
23 May 2015
Residual RMS
0.08 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
6 March 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
9.04

Discovery & classification

TNO

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