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2015 FY562

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(2015 FY562)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
41.076 AU
True anomaly
69.96°
Distance from Earth
42.057 AU
As of
19 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 FY562 — 41.076 AU from the Sun 2015 FY562
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 FY562 is 42.057 AU from Earth today (5.8 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 57m 24s
Declination
-09° 02′ 34″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
42.06 AU
Elongation from the Sun
10.26° — 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
42.999 AU
Eccentricity
0.1037
Inclination
10.82°
Orbital period
282 years
Perihelion
38.538 AU
Aphelion
47.459 AU
Longitude of ascending node
1.91°
Argument of periapsis
124.84°
Epoch · J2000
2457103.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 14,619.3 LD
37.5652 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.738

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
12
Data arc
7 days
First observed
18 March 2015
Last observed
25 March 2015
Residual RMS
0.09 ″
Solution · Davide Farnocchia
3 July 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
8.6

Discovery & classification

TNO

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