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(434620) 2005 VD

Highly-inclined centaur

Summary

Highly-inclined centaur

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	(434620) 2005 VD
background	#C7FF8F
discovery_ref
discoverer	Mount Lemmon Srvy.
discovery_site	Mount Lemmon Obs.
discovered	1 November 2005
mpc_name	(434620) 2005 VD
alt_names	2005 VD
named_after
mp_category	centaurdamocloid
unusualdistant
orbit_ref
epoch	27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
uncertainty	2
observation_arc	11.40 yr (4,163 d)
aphelion	8.3535 AU
perihelion	4.9956 AU
semimajor	6.6746 AU
eccentricity	0.2515
period	17.24 yr (6,298 d)
mean_anomaly	275.05°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	172.87°
asc_node	173.31°
arg_peri	177.92°
jupiter_moid	0.0306 AU
tisserand	-1.3960
mean_diameter
albedo	0.04 (assumed dark)
0.09 (assumed)
spectral_type	B–R 1.05
abs_magnitude	14.3

unusualdistant 0.09 (assumed)

(434620) 2005 VD, provisional designation , is a centaur and damocloid on a retrograde orbit from the outer Solar System, known for having the second most highly inclined orbit of any small Solar System body, behind . It was the most highly inclined known object between 2005 and 2013. The unusual object measures approximately 6 km in diameter.

Description

This minor planet was discovered on 1 November 2005, by astronomers of the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. Precovery images have been found by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) from September 2005 and December 2001.

Classification

2005 VD}} has a [[semi-major axis]] greater than [[Jupiter]] and almost crosses the orbit of Jupiter when near [[perihelion]].

has a semi-major axis greater than Jupiter and almost crosses the orbit of Jupiter when near perihelion. JPL lists it as a current centaur. Both the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES), and the Minor Planet Center (MPC) have listed it as a centaur (qmin=~5AU) at different epochs. The DES and MPC will list it as a centaur again in 2032.

Lowell Observatory also has it listed as a damocloid object.

makes occasional close approaches to Jupiter, coming only 0.0817 AU from Jupiter in 1903, 0.0445 AU in 2057, and 0.077 AU in 2093. However it made a close approach to Jupiter when it was only 0.309 AU away from it on 17 December 2022 which was the closest it could get to Jupiter for the decade.

Dynamics

Being a highly dynamic object, even among centaurs, 's orbit has visibly changed even since its discovery. Between 1600 and 2400, its semimajor axis will slowly increase from 6.64 to 6.96 AU, its eccentricity slowly increasing from 0.27 to 0.34, and a decreasing inclination from 176.7° to 169.9°. As such, until about 1870, was the most highly inclined known asteroid in the Solar System.

References

|author-link= Marc W. Buie |url-status=dead

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