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2015 BQ626

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(2015 BQ626)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
40.426 AU
True anomaly
314.53°
Distance from Earth
41.016 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 BQ626 — 40.426 AU from the Sun 2015 BQ626
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 BQ626 is 41.016 AU from Earth today (5.7 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 57m 47s
Declination
-03° 21′ 29″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.99° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
41.675 AU
Eccentricity
0.0415
Inclination
15.03°
Orbital period
269 years
Perihelion
39.944 AU
Aphelion
43.406 AU
Longitude of ascending node
243.28°
Argument of periapsis
313.86°
Epoch · J2000
2457025.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 15,162.7 LD
38.9613 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.587

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
18
Data arc
64 days
First observed
24 November 2014
Last observed
27 January 2015
Residual RMS
0.08 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 March 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.21

Discovery & classification

TNO

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