The discovery of comet C/2015 VL62 was officially attributed to three groups: Mt Lemmon Survey (R. G. Matheny and E. J. Christensen), W. K. Y. Yeung (near Mayhill, NM, USA), and Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala). Comet was observed around four oppositions until 16 July 2018. C/2015 VL62 had closest approach to the Earth on 21 August 2017 (1.74 au, about a week before the perihelion passage).

This is a comet with NG effects determinable using positional data fitting. Solutions 'a5' and 'n5' (preferred) are based on data spanning over 2.70 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 6.72 au – 2.720 au (perihelion) – 4.21 au. GR solution 'ba' differ from 'a5' in the method of data weighting, silimarly the pair of NG solutions 'bn' and 'n5', and 'pn' and 'pe' ((the last pair of NG solutions is based on pre-perihelion data arc). NG parameters are better determined for solutions 'bn' than the 'n5'. However, in both solutions are still visible tiny trends in [O-C]. In our opinion, the better is [O-C] for the solution 'n5', especially in the first and last opposition. Thus, we suggest this solution be treated as preferred. Alternatively, the solution 'pe' (based on the pre-perihelion orbital leg) can also be taken for the study of the origin of this comet.

This Oort Cloud comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations while passing through the planetary system; these perturbations lead to escape the comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbits for all orbits given here).