(84922) 2003 VS2
(84922) 2003 VS2 is a trans-Neptunian object discovered by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program on 14 November 2003. Like Pluto, it is in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune and is thus a plutino. Analysis of light-curve suggests that it is not a dwarf planet.
Hubble Space Telescope image of 2003 VS2 taken in 2005 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | NEAT (644) |
| Discovery date | 14 November 2003 |
| Designations | |
| (84922) 2003 VS2 | |
| none | |
| Plutino | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
| Observation arc | 8830 days (24.18 yr) |
| Earliest precovery date | 17 September 1991 |
| Aphelion | 42.413 AU (6.3449 Tm) |
| Perihelion | 36.456 AU (5.4537 Tm) |
| 39.435 AU (5.8994 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.075539 |
| 247.64 yr (90451.3 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 4.75 km/s |
| 15.535° | |
| 0° 0m 14.328s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.777° |
| 302.792° | |
| 114.317° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | (678±10) × (470±12) × (452±16) km |
Mean diameter |
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Mean density | 1.4+1.0 −0.3 g/cm3 |
| 7.4175285±0.00001 h | |
| 7.41±0.02 h | |
| 0.134±0.01 | |
| Temperature | ≈44 K |
| |
| 19.7 | |
| 4.11±0.38 | |
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