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(19255) 1994 VK8

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Discovery date
  
8 November 1994

Alternative names
  
none

Observation arc
  
7347 days (20.11 yr)

Absolute magnitude
  
7

MPC designation
  
(19255) 1994 VK8

Minor planet category
  
cubewano

Discovered
  
8 November 1994

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovered by
  
A. FitzsimmonsD. O'CeallaighI. P. Williams

Minor planet category
  
Classical Kuiper belt object

Discoverers
  
Alan Fitzsimmons, Donal O'Ceallaigh

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(19255) 1994 VK8 is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) of the cubewano class orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt of the outer Solar System. It was discovered on November 8, 1994, by Alan Fitzsimmons, Donal O'Ceallaigh, and Iwan P. Williams at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, Spain.

(19255) 1994 VK8 is the fourth cubewano to be given an official Minor Planet Center catalog number. The first three official cubewanos are (15760) 1992 QB1, (15807) 1994 GV9, and (16684) 1994 JQ1.

References

(19255) 1994 VK8 Wikipedia


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