2013 VZ70

Centaur in a horseshoe orbit with Saturn August 2021 yes 2013 VZ 70 #C7FF8F OSSOS Mauna Kea Obs. 17 September 2017(first observed only) 2013 VZ 70 centaurhorseshoe 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5) 34 2.59 yr (946 d) 9 August 2013 10.010 AU 8.2816 AU 9.1457 AU 0.0945 27.66 yr (10,102 d) 34.155° 0.0356 ms / day 12.053° 215.18° 245.30° 0.33076 AU 3.150 7.9 km (est. 0.09) 13.74 0.330 2013 VZ 70 is a centaur on a horseshoe co-orbital configuration with Saturn. It was first observed on 1 November 2013 by the Outer Solar System Origins Survey at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, United States. The discovery was announced on 23 August 2021. 2013 VZ 70 is the first minor planet ever discovered in a horseshoe orbit with respect to Saturn. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 8.3–10.0 AU once every 27 years and 8 months (10,102 days; semi-major axis of 9.15 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, assuming an albedo of 0.09, 2013 VZ 70 measures approximately 7.9 km mi off 2 us in diameter for an absolute magnitude of 13.74. The object may have an origin among the trans-Neptunian population. However, an analysis of its orbit within the context of those of the known satellites of Saturn suggests that 2013 VZ 70 could be related to the Inuit group; on the other hand, the mutual nodal distances of 2013 VZ 70 and the moons Fornjot and Thrymr are below the first percentile of the distribution. See also September 2026 References 30em 2016-03-12 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2013 VZ70) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=54188083 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 24 August 2021 2013 VZ70 https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2013+VZ70 Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union 24 August 2021 MPEC 2021-Q55 : 2013 VZ70 https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K21/K21Q55.html Minor Planet Electronic Circular Minor Planet Center 23 August 2021 24 August 2021 etal M. Alexandersen S. Greenstreet B. Gladman M. Bannister Y. Chen S. Gwyn The first known Saturnian Horseshoe Coorbital and the distribution of Temporary Coorbitals of the Giant Planets https://baas.aas.org/pub/2020n6i206p06/release/1 Division of Planetary Science meeting #52 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 206.06 October 2020 24 August 2021 2020DPS....5220606A Asteroid Size Estimator CNEOS NASA/JPL https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/ast_size_est.html 1 September 2021 Alexandersen Mike Greenstreet Sarah Gladman Brett J. Bannister Michele T. Chen Ying-Tung Gwyn Stephen D. J. Kavelaars J.J. Petit Jean-Marc Volk Kathryn Lehner Matthew J. Wang Shiang-Yu OSSOS. XXIII. 2013 VZ70 and the Temporary Coorbitals of the Giant Planets The Planetary Science Journal 2 1 212 2021 2110.09627 10.3847/PSJ/ac1c6b 2021PSJ.....2..212A 238755438 free Centaur 2013 VZ70: Debris from Saturn's irregular moon population? C. de la Fuente Marcos R. de la Fuente Marcos 10.1051/0004-6361/202142166 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2022/01/aa42166-21/aa42166-21.html Astronomy & Astrophysics 10 January 2022 657 1 A59 (10 pp) 2110.04264 2022A&A...657A..59D 238856647 External links 54188083 Category:Minor planet object articles (unnumbered) # Category:Co-orbital minor planets Category:Discoveries by OSSOS Category:Saturn Category:Horseshoe orbit 20131101