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2015 VW168

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2015 VW168
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch May 5, 2025
Uncertainty parameter Uncertainty Parameter U
Observation arcObservation arc length
Aphelion44.610 au (6,673.6 Gm)
Perihelion41.344 au (6,185.0 Gm)
42.98 au (6,430 Gm)
Eccentricity0.038
281.748 y
108.9
Inclination1.95
96.78
210.43

2015 VW168 is a trans-Neptunian object.[2]

Satellite

in 2019 the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a 64km[3] moon around 2015 VW168.[4][5]

References

  1. "(2015 VW168)". Small-Body Database. JPL. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  2. "2015 VW168". ftp.lowell.edu. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. Johnston, Wm. Robert (December 15, 2019). "2015 VW168". Johnson's Archive. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  4. Porter, Simon B.; et al. (June 2024). "Detection of Close Kuiper Belt Binaries with HST WFC3". The Planetary Science Journal. 5 (6). id. 143. arXiv:2406.02808. Bibcode:2024PSJ.....5..143P. doi:10.3847/PSJ/ad3f19.
  5. Kuznetsov, E.; et al. (December 2021). "Dynamic evolution of pairs of trans-Neptunian objects: the case of binary and single objects in pair". Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso. 51 (3): 226–240. Bibcode:2021CoSka..51..226K. doi:10.31577/caosp.2021.51.3.226.


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