(612533) 2002 XV93

2002 XV93
2002 XV93 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005
Discovery[1]
Discovered byM. W. Buie
Discovery date10 December 2002
Designations
(612533) 2002 XV93
plutino[2]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc6582 days (18.02 yr)
Earliest precovery date16 October 1990
Aphelion44.427 AU (6.6462 Tm) (Q)
Perihelion34.405 AU (5.1469 Tm) (q)
39.416 AU (5.8965 Tm) (a)
Eccentricity0.12713 (e)
247.47 yr (90387.1 d)
282.08° (M)
0° 0m 14.338s / day (n)
Inclination13.281° (i)
19.170° (Ω)
≈ 20 March 2070[4]
±5 days
163.53° (ω)
Earth MOID33.4096 AU (4.99801 Tm)
Jupiter MOID28.9574 AU (4.33197 Tm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions549.2+21.7
−23.0
 km
[5]
0.040+0.020
−0.015
[5]
  • B−V = 0.72±0.02
  • V−R = 0.37±0.02[5]
21.1[6]

(612533) 2002 XV93 (provisional designation 2002 XV93) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with an absolute magnitude of 5.4.[5] A 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune makes it a plutino.[2]

It has been observed with precovery images back to 1990.[3]

  1. ^ "List of Transneptunian Objects". IAU Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "MPEC 2010-O39 :Distant Minor Planets (12 August 2010.0 TT)". Minor Planet Center & Tamkin Foundation Computer Network. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2002 XV93" (2008-10-23 last obs). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)
  5. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference Herschel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "AstDys 2002XV93 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  7. ^ Tegler, Stephen C. (1 February 2007). "Kuiper Belt Object Magnitudes and Surface Colors". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2009.