(612533) 2002 XV93

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(612533) 2002 XV93
2002xv93.jpg
2002 XV93 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. W. Buie
Discovery date10 December 2002
Designations
(612533) 2002 XV93
plutino [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD  2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc 6582 days (18.02 yr)
Earliest precovery date16 October 1990
Aphelion 44.427  AU (6.6462  Tm) (Q)
Perihelion 34.405 AU (5.1469 Tm) (q)
39.416 AU (5.8965 Tm) (a)
Eccentricity 0.12713 (e)
247.47  yr (90387.1  d)
282.08° (M)
0° 0m 14.338s / day (n)
Inclination 13.281° (i)
19.170° (Ω)
≈ 20 March 2070 [4]
±5 days
163.53° (ω)
Known satellites 0
Earth  MOID 33.4096 AU (4.99801 Tm)
Jupiter  MOID 28.9574 AU (4.33197 Tm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 549.2+21.7
−23.0 km [5]
0.040+0.020
−0.015 [5]
  • B−V = 0.72±0.02
  • V−R = 0.37±0.02 [5]
21.1 [6]

    (612533) 2002 XV93 (provisional designation 2002 XV93) is a medium-sized trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in the Kuiper Belt with an absolute magnitude of 5.4. [5] A 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune makes it a plutino. [2]

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    It has been observed with precovery images back to 1990. [3]

    Orbit and rotation

    Precovery image of 2002 XV93 taken by the Palomar Observatory in 1992 2002xv93-19920928.gif
    Precovery image of 2002 XV93 taken by the Palomar Observatory in 1992

    2002 XV93 is locked in 2:3 resonance with Neptune, meaning that for every two revolutions it makes around the Sun, Neptune makes exactly three. [2]

    The rotation period of this object is currently unknown.

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 28 March 2022, receiving the number 612533 in the minor planet catalog M.P.C. 138389. [9] As of 2025, it has not been named. [10]

    Physical characteristics

    The size of 2002 XV93 has been measured by the Herschel Space Telescope to be 549.2+21.7
    −23.0     km    . [5] 2002 XV93 has no known moons, so its mass (and therefore density) is unknown.

    References

    1. ↑ "List of Transneptunian Objects". IAU Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
    2. 1 2 3 "MPEC 2010-O39 :Distant Minor Planets (12 August 2010.0 TT)". Minor Planet Center & Tamkin Foundation Computer Network. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
    3. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2002 XV93" (2008-10-23 last obs). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
    4. ↑ JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mommert, Michael; Harris, A. W.; Kiss, C.; Pál, A.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Stansberry, J.; Delsanti, A.; Vilenius, E.; Müller, T. G.; Peixinho, N.; Lellouch, E.; Szalai, N.; Henry, F.; Duffard, R.; Fornasier, S.; Hartogh, P.; Mueller, M.; Ortiz, J. L.; Protopapa, S.; Rengel, M.; Thirouin, A. (May 2012). "TNOs are cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region—V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel-PACS observations". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 541: A93. arXiv: 1202.3657 . Bibcode:2012A&A...541A..93M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118562.
    6. ↑ "AstDys 2002XV93 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
    7. ↑ Tegler, Stephen C. (1 February 2007). "Kuiper Belt Object Magnitudes and Surface Colors". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
    8. ↑ Lowe, Andrew. "2002 XV93 Precovery Images". andrew-lowe.ca.
    9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
    10. ↑ "2002 XV93". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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