2002 VE68

Infobox Planet
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name = 2002 VE₆₈
symbol =


caption =
discovery = yes
discoverer = LONEOS [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Atens.html List Of Aten Minor Planets ] ]
discovered = November 11, 2002
mp_name = mp|2002 VE|68
alt_names = "None"
mp_category=Aten asteroid,
Mercury-crosser asteroid,
Venus-crosser asteroid
epoch = 20070410
aphelion = 1.0207 AU [ [http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?objects:2002VE68;main AstDyS: 2002VE68 ] ]
perihelion = 0.4266 AU
semimajor = 0.723651 AU
semiminor =
orbital_circ =
eccentricity = 0.410506
period = 0.6156 y (224.85 d)
avg_speed = ?
max_speed =
min_speed =
inclination = 8.98010965990918°
asc_node = 231.664096058497°
arg_peri = 355.515522328634°
mean_anomaly = 319.937343359608°
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions =234 - 518 m [ [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/glossary/h.html Glossary: Absolute Magnitude (H) ] ]
radius = 117 - 259 m
surface_area =
volume =
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
rot_velocity =
albedo = 0.25 - 0.05
single_temperature =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 20.334

2002 VE₆₈ (also written 2002 VE68) is an asteroid discovered on November 11 2002. It's best known as the quasi-moon of Venus.

This asteroid is also a Mercury- and Earth-crosser; it seems to have been a "companion" to Venus for the last 7000 years or so only, and is destined to be ejected from this orbital arrangement about 500 years from now. [ [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004MNRAS.351L..63M&db_key=AST&high=40daf3f6f900097 Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus ] ]

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