(55638) 2002 VE95
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | NEAT |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 November 2002 |
| Designations | |
| (55638) 2002 VE95 | |
| 2002 VE95 | |
| TNO · plutino | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 2 · 0 | |
| Observation arc | 27.27 yr (9,960 d) |
| Earliest precovery date | 12 October 1990 |
| Aphelion | 50.441 AU |
| Perihelion | 27.910 AU |
| 39.176 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2876 |
| 245.21 yr (89,562 d) | |
| 29.369° | |
| 0° 0m 14.4s / day | |
| Inclination | 16.327° |
| 199.72° | |
| 29 June 2001 | |
| 206.35° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 249.8 km | |
| 6.76 h (ambiguous) | |
| 0.149 | |
| 20.64 | |
| 5.3 5.70±0.06 | |
(55638) 2002 VE95 (provisional designation 2002 VE95) is a trans-Neptunian object from the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 14 November 2002, by astronomers with the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. This resonant trans-Neptunian object is a member of the plutino population, locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune. The object is likely of primordial origin with a heterogeneous surface and a notably reddish color (RR) attributed to the presence of methanol and tholins. It has a poorly defined rotation period of 6.8 hours and measures approximately 250 kilometers (160 miles) in diameter. This plutino is also a dwarf planet candidate. As of 2021, it has not yet been named.