Back (55638) 2002 VE95 Afrikaans (55638) 2002 VE95 Arabic (55638) 2002 VE95 (كويكب) ARZ (55638) 2002 VE95 Esperanto (55638) 2002 VE95 French (55638) 2002 VE95 ID (55638) 2002 VE95 MIN (55638) 2002 VE95 Portuguese
| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | NEAT |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 November 2002 |
| Designations | |
| (55638) 2002 VE95 | |
| 2002 VE95 | |
| TNO[3] · plutino[4][5] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 2[3] · 0[1] | |
| Observation arc | 27.27 yr (9,960 d) |
| Earliest precovery date | 12 October 1990 |
| Aphelion | 50.441 AU |
| Perihelion | 27.910 AU |
| 39.176 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2876 |
| 245.21 yr (89,562 d) | |
| 29.369° | |
| 0° 0m 14.4s / day | |
| Inclination | 16.327° |
| 199.72° | |
| 29 June 2001 | |
| 206.35° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 249.8 km[6][7][8] | |
| 6.76 h (ambiguous)[6][9][10] | |
| 0.149[7] | |
| 20.64[13] | |
| 5.3[1][3] 5.70±0.06[7] | |
(55638) 2002 VE95 (provisional designation 2002 VE95) is a trans-Neptunian object from the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 14 November 2002, by astronomers with the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States.[1] This resonant trans-Neptunian object is a member of the plutino population, locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune. The object is likely of primordial origin with a heterogeneous surface and a notably reddish color (RR) attributed to the presence of methanol and tholins. It has a poorly defined rotation period of 6.8 hours and measures approximately 250 kilometers (160 miles) in diameter. This plutino is also a dwarf planet candidate. As of 2021[update], it has not yet been named.
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