(19255) 1994 VK8 explained

Minorplanet:	yes
Background:	C2E0FF
Discovered:	8 November 1994
Alt Names:	none
Mp Category:	cubewano^[1] (cold)^[2]
Epoch:	13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Semimajor:	42.87364AU
Perihelion:	41.34116AU
Aphelion:	44.40611abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:	0.035744
Period:	280.73 yr (102538 d)
Inclination:	1.48856°
Asc Node:	72.3924°
Arg Peri:	112.111°
Dimensions:	175 km^[3]
Mass:	5.6 kg
Density:	2.0 g/cm^3
Surface Grav:	0.0489 m/s^2
Escape Velocity:	0.0925 km/s
Spectral Type:	?
Abs Magnitude:	7.0^[4]
Albedo:	0.09 (assumed)
Mean Motion:	/ day
Rotation:	9abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Observation Arc:	7347 days (20.11 yr)
Uncertainty:	4
Tisserand:	5.857

is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) of the "cold" cubewano class orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt of the outer Solar System. It was discovered on November 8, 1994, by Alan Fitzsimmons, Donal O'Ceallaigh, and Iwan P. Williams at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, Spain.

is the fourth cubewano to be given an official Minor Planet Center catalog number.^[5] The first three official cubewanos are 15760 Albion,, and .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marc W. Buie . Marc W. Buie . 1997-10-27 . Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 19255 . SwRI (Space Science Department) . 2008-09-29.
2. Web site: Brown . Mike . How many dwarf planets are there in the Solar System . 2018-02-17.
3. Web site: 22 August 2008 . List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects . Johnston's Archive . Wm. Robert Johnston . 2008-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080928054410/http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html . 28 September 2008 . live .
4. Web site: 2000-11-27 last obs . JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 19255 (1994 VK8) . 8 April 2016.
5. Web site: MPEC 2008-O05 : Distant Minor Planets (2008 AUG. 2.0 TT) . 2008-07-17 . . 2008-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207213636/http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K08/K08O05.html . 7 December 2008 . live .