(527604) 2007 VL305

Neptune trojan May 2019 yes (527604) 2007 VL 305 #C7FF8F A. C. BeckerA. W. PuckettJ. Kubica Apache Point Obs. 4 November 2007 (527604) 2007 VL 305 Neptune trojancentaurdistant 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 4 5.19 yr (1,894 days) 31.729 AU 28.122 AU 29.926 AU 0.0603 163.71 yr (59,795 days) 10.760° 0.0060 ms / day 28.155° 188.69° 216.70° 110 km (est. at 0.10)160 km 22.2 7.9 (527604) 2007 VL 305 is an inclined Neptune trojan that shares Neptune's orbit in the Lagrangian point. It was discovered on 4 November 2007, by astronomers Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States, although images from 2005 have also been recovered. It measures approximately 160 kilometers in diameter and was the sixth Neptune trojan to be discovered. 2016, it is 34.1 AU from Neptune.2007 VL305 at JPL Horizons Change "Observer Location" to @Neptune Orbit and classification Neptune trojans can be considered resonant trans-Neptunian objects in a 1:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. These trojans have a semi-major axis and an orbital period very similar to Neptune's (30.10 AU; 164.8 years). 2007 VL 305 belongs to the leading group, which orbits 60° ahead of Neptune's orbit. It orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of 29.926 AU at a distance of 28.1–31.7 AU once every 163 years and 9 months (59,795 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 28° with respect to the ecliptic. Its inclination is almost as high as that of 2011 HM 102. Physical characteristics Diameter The discoverers estimate that 2007 VL 305 has a mean diameter of 160 kilometers based on a magnitude of 22.2. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, it measures approximately 110 kilometers in diameter using an absolute magnitude of 7.9 with an assumed albedo of 0.10. Numbering and naming This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 18 May 2019 (M.P.C. 114650). As of 2025, it has not been named. If named, it will follow the naming scheme already established with 385571 Otrera and 385695 Clete, which is to name these objects after figures related to the Amazons, an all-female warrior tribe that fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans against the Greek.https://www.iau.org/static/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/97/wg-sbn-triennial-report-2015-2018.pdf DIVISION F / Working Group for Small Body Nomenclature Working Group for Small Body Nomenclature. THE TRIENNIAL REPORT (2015 Sept 1 - 2018 Feb 15) 10 April 2018 25 August 2018 IAU Ticha, J. etal 25 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180825143250/https://www.iau.org/static/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/97/wg-sbn-triennial-report-2015-2018.pdf dead References 30em 2011-01-10 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2007 VL305) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3404773 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5 August 2017 2007 VL305 Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2007+VL305 5 August 2017 List Of Neptune Trojans Minor Planet Center 23 May 2019 http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/NeptuneTrojans.html 28 May 2019 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 29 May 2019 Asteroid Size Estimator CNEOS/JPL https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/ast_size_est.html 5 August 2017 Lakdawalla Emily 2008 LC15, the first Trojan asteroid discovered in Neptune's L5 point 13 August 2010 The Planetary Society http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2010/2623.html 5 August 2017 External links MPEC 2008-E44 : 2007 VL305 AstDys-2 about 2007 VL 305 2007VL305 3404773 527604 (527604) 2007 VL 305 527604 Category:Discoveries by Andrew C. Becker Category:Discoveries by Andrew W. Puckett Category:Discoveries by Jeremy Martin Kubica 20071104