 Animation of Zoozve's orbit from 1600 to 2500 - relative to Sun and Venus
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| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LONEOS |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 11 November 2002 |
| Designations | |
| (524522) 2002 VE68 | |
| 2002 VE68 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 5 September 2014 (JD 2456905.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 16.06 yr (5,866 d) |
| Aphelion | 1.0206 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.4268 AU |
| 0.7237 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.4103 |
| 225 days | |
| 251.64° | |
| 1° 36m 3.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.0060° |
| 231.58° | |
| 355.45° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.027 AU (10.44 LD) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 236 m (calculated)[3] | |
| 13.50±0.01 h[3][4] | |
| 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
524522 Zoozve (provisional designation 2002 VE68) is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and temporary quasi-moon of Venus.[5] Discovered in 2002, it was the first such object to be discovered around a major planet in the Solar System. It has nearly the same orbital period around the Sun that Venus does. In a frame of reference rotating with Venus, it appears to travel around it during one Venerean year, but it orbits the Sun, not Venus.[6]
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- ^ Mikkola, S.; Brasser, R.; Wiegert, P.; Innanen, K. (2004). "Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 351 (3): L63–L65. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.351L..63M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07994.x.