2007 VL305
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 2007 |
| Designations | |
| Trojan asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 2012-Mar-14.0 (JD 2456000.5) | |
| Aphelion | 32.27 AU |
| Perihelion | 28.13 AU |
| 30.20 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0686 |
| 166 yr (60,621 d) | |
| 358.5° | |
| Inclination | 28.0847° |
| 188.569° | |
| 217.0° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 65–150 km |
| 8.0[1] | |
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2007 VL305 is a Neptune trojan discovered on November 4, 2007, by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It was first imaged in November 2005, and was the sixth such object to be discovered.[3] It has the same orbital period as Neptune and orbits at the L4 Lagrangian point about 60 degrees ahead of Neptune.[3]
It has an inclination of 28 degrees.[1][3] As of September 2009, this is the highest inclination of any known Neptune trojan.[3]
With an absolute magnitude of 8.0,[1][3] it has a diameter in the range of 65 to 150 km.[4]
It has been observed 24 times over 4 oppositions.[1]
References
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- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java)
- Ephemeris
- MPEC 2008-E44 : 2007 VL305
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