2012 VP113
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Orbital period | 4,178 years |
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Discovered | November 5, 2012 |
Orbits | Sun |
Mean diameter | 450 km (assumed); 597 km; 650±350 km; 702 km |
Mean motion | 0° 0m 0. 72s / day |
Discoverers | Scott S. Sheppard |
Chad Trujillo | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2199192 |
About 2012 VP113
2012 VP₁₁₃, also known by its nickname "Biden", is a trans-Neptunian object of the sednoid population, located in the outermost reaches of the Solar System. It was first observed on 5 November 2012, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.