Discovery[1][2] | |
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Discovered by | A. C. Becker A. W. Puckett J. Kubica |
Discovery site | Apache Point Obs. |
Discovery date | 4 November 2007 |
Designations | |
(527604) 2007 VL305 | |
2007 VL305 | |
Neptune trojan · L4[3] centaur[1] · distant[2] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 4 | |
Observation arc | 5.19 yr (1,894 days) |
Aphelion | 31.729 AU |
Perihelion | 28.122 AU |
29.926 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0603 |
163.71 yr (59,795 days) | |
10.760° | |
0° 0m 21.6s / day | |
Inclination | 28.155° |
188.69° | |
216.70° | |
Physical characteristics | |
110 km (est. at 0.10)[4] 160 km[5] | |
22.2[5] | |
7.9[1] | |
(527604) 2007 VL305, provisional designation 2007 VL305, is an inclined Neptune trojan that shares Neptune's orbit in the L4 Lagrangian point. It was discovered on 4 November 2007, by astronomers Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States, although images from 2005 have also been recovered.[2] It measures approximately 160 kilometers in diameter and was the sixth Neptune trojan to be discovered.[3] As of 2016[update], it is 34.1 AU from Neptune.[6]
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