| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | D. L. Rabinowitz M. E. Schwamb S. Tourtellotte |
| Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
| Discovery date | 11 November 2010 |
| Designations | |
| (445473) 2010 VZ98 | |
| 2010 VZ98 | |
| TNO[2] · SDO[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 2 | |
| Observation arc | 16.90 yr (6,171 days) |
| Aphelion | 266.63 AU |
| Perihelion | 34.333 AU |
| 150.48 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.7719 |
| 1846.03 yr (674,262 d) | |
| 358.00° | |
| 0° 0m 1.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.5110° |
| 117.39° | |
| ≈ 3 December 2027[4] | |
| 313.88° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 401.33 km (calculated)[5] 443 km (calculated)[3] 471 km (calculated)[6] | |
| 9.72±0.05 h[5][7] | |
| 0.07 (assumed)[6] 0.09 (assumed)[3] 0.10 (assumed)[5] | |
| C[5] B–V = 1.100±0.040[8] V–R = 0.670±0.020[8] | |
| 4.81±0.04 (S)[7] · 5.0[1][2] 5.1[5] · 5.27[8] · 5.3[6] | |
(445473) 2010 VZ98 (provisional designation 2010 VZ98) is a trans-Neptunian object of the scattered disc, orbiting the Sun in the outermost region of the Solar System. It has a diameter of approximately 400 kilometers.[5]
It was discovered on 11 November 2010, by American astronomers David Rabinowitz, Megan Schwamb and Suzanne Tourtellotte at ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile,[1] when it was 38 AU from the Sun.
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