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**2002 VE₆₈**
Discovery
Discovered by	LONEOS
Discovery date	November 11, 2002
Designations
MPC designation	2002 VE₆₈
Minor planet category	Aten asteroid^[1]^[2], Mercury grazer, Venus crosser, Earth crosser
Orbital characteristics^[2]^[3]
Epoch August 27, 2011 (JD 2455800.5)
Aphelion	1.0206353604 AU
Perihelion	0.42670526 AU
Semi-major axis	0.7236703122 AU
Eccentricity	0.41035958
Orbital period	0.6156293791 y (224.8586307 d)
Mean anomaly	282.47132°
Inclination	9.00539°
Longitude of ascending node	231.588783°
Argument of perihelion	355.46616°
Proper orbital elements
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	210–470 m^[a]^[4]
Rotation period	13.5 h^[2]
Absolute magnitude (H)	20.5^[2]

2002 VE₆₈ (also written 2002 VE68) is a quasi-satellite of Venus. It was discovered on November 11, 2002.

This asteroid is also a Mercury grazer and an Earth crosser; it seems to have been co-orbital with Venus for only the last 7000 years, and is destined to be ejected from this orbital arrangement about 500 years from now.^[5] During this time, its distance to Venus has been and will remain larger than about 0.2 AU (3·10⁷ km).

Notes

^{^} This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05

References

^ List Of Aten Minor Planets
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2002 VE68 Retrieved 2011-09-13
^ AstDys-2 on 2002 VE68 Retrieved 2011-09-13
^ Absolute-magnitude conversion table (H)
^ Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus

External links

Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus, by Mikkola, S., Brasser, R., Wiegert, P., Innanen, K. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 351, Issue 3, pp. L63-L65.

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