(195777) Sheepman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 2002 by Chiang, E., Buie, M. W. at Cerro Tololo.
The shabby but oracular creature is featured in two of Haruki Murakami's novels, A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance. The Sheepman appears as an unshaven man dressed in sheepskin who instructs the protagonist to “dance so it all keeps spinning.”Naming citation (20111012/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sheepman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sheepman is 3.15 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 195777 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 PP154 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0806 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.