(84719) 2002 VR128
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Michael E. Brown Chadwick A. Trujillo |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 3 November 2002 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (84719) 2002 VR128 |
| TNO, plutino | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
| Observation arc | 9153 days (25.06 yr) |
| Aphelion | 49.650 AU (7.4275 Tm) |
| Perihelion | 28.999 AU (4.3382 Tm) |
| 39.325 AU (5.8829 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.26257 |
| 246.61 yr (90072.7 d) | |
| 73.453° | |
| 0° 0m 14.388s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.040° |
| 23.152° | |
| 287.87° | |
| Earth MOID | 28.0112 AU (4.19042 Tm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 24.0604 AU (3.59938 Tm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
448.5+42.1 −43.2 km |
|
0.052+0.027 −0.018 |
|
| Temperature | ≈ 44 K |
| B−V = 0.94±0.03 V−R = 0.60±0.02 |
|
|
5.58±0.37 5.4 |
|
(84719) 2002 VR128, also written (84719) 2002 VR128, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 2002 by Michael Brown and Chad Trujillo. The object is a plutino, an object in 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune.
The size of (84719) 2002 VR128 was measured by the Herschel Space Telescope to be 448.5+42.1
−43.2 km. The surface of (84719) 2002 VR128 is red in the visible spectral range.
...
Wikipedia