(84719) 2002 VR128
trans-Neptunian object
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Summary
(84719) 2002 VR128 is an asteroid[1]. (84719) 2002 VR128 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Chadwick Trujillo[3], Michael E. Brown[4]
- Instance of: possible dwarf planet[5], trans-Neptunian object[6]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[7]
- Follows: (84718) 2002 VQ128[8]
- Followed by: (84720) 2002 WT2[9]
- Minor planet group: trans-Neptunian object[10]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[11]
- Provisional designation: 2002 VR128[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: November 3, 2002[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.2630515[14], 0.2618373479550974[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 4.9[16], 5.19[17]
- Orbital inclination: 14.037 degree[18], 14.00168539091218 degree[19]
- Orbital period: 91210.69763376111 day[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 23.12040 degree[21], 23.04733666430837 degree[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 39.3808283 astronomical unit[23], 39.65502552337375 astronomical unit[24]
- Apoapsis: 50.03819223950563 astronomical unit[25]
- Periapsis: 29.27185880724187 astronomical unit[26]
- Argument of periapsis: 287.63508 degree[27], 289.5800218402462 degree[28]
- Mean anomaly: 58.41940 degree[29], 86.07933219308468 degree[30]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[31]
- Time of periapsis: 2439191.177941168 Julian day[32]
Why It Matters
(84719) 2002 VR128 has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] (84719) 2002 VR128 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]