(55638) 2002VE95
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Object
Object | (55638) 2002VE95 |
Diameter(1) | 250 km |
Dynamic class(1) | plutino |
Absolute magnitude | 5.30 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 39.054285 ± 0.000898 au |
Eccentricity | 0.284515677 ± 0.000013464 |
Inclination | 16.336712411 ± 0.000125865 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 199.864972 ± 0.000256 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 206.366500 ± 0.001172 ° |
Mean anomaly | 26.267889 ± 0.001429 ° |
Orbital period | 244.07 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv8 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt |
bsp file | 55638_2002VE95_nima_v8.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1990-10-12 |
Date of last observation | 2019-12-24 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 325 |
Number of rejected observations | 1 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 258 |
Number of unpublished observations | 68 |
RMS of observations | 0.229 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2020-01 | 0.055 | 0.022 |
2020-07 | 0.064 | 0.024 |
2021-01 | 0.075 | 0.027 |
2021-07 | 0.084 | 0.028 |
2022-01 | 0.098 | 0.032 |
2022-07 | 0.106 | 0.031 |
2023-01 | 0.123 | 0.038 |
2023-07 | 0.130 | 0.035 |
2024-01 | 0.152 | 0.043 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL15 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.