Discovery date 3 November 2002 Aphelion 49.650 AU (7.4275 Tm) Inclination 14.04° Orbits Sun | MPC designation (84719) 2002 VR128 Observation arc 9153 days (25.06 yr) Discovered 3 November 2002 Argument of perihelion 287.87° | |
Discovered by Michael E. BrownChadwick A. Trujillo Michael E. Brown discoveries 2008 ST291, (119951) 2002 KX14, (229762) 2007 UK126 |
(84719) 2002 VR128, also written (84719) 2002 VR128, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 2002 by Michael Brown and Chad Trujillo. The object is a plutino, an object in 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune.
Physical properties
The size of (84719) 2002 VR128 was measured by the Herschel Space Telescope to be 7005448500000000000♠448.5+42.1
−43.2 km. The surface of (84719) 2002 VR128 is red in the visible spectral range.
References
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