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makes occasional close approaches to Jupiter, coming only 0.0817 AU (12.22 million km) from Jupiter in 1903, 0.0445 AU (6.66 million km) in 2057, and 0.077 AU (11.5 million km) in 2093. However it made a close approach to Jupiter when it was only
571:'s orbit has visibly changed even since its discovery. Between 1600 and 2400, its semimajor axis will slowly increase from 6.64 to 6.96 AU, its eccentricity slowly increasing from 0.27 to 0.34, and a decreasing inclination from 176.7° to 169.9°. As such, until about 1870, 995: 940: 1285: 1260: 1290: 1265: 320: 961: 988: 933: 90: 559:
0.309 AU (46.2 million km) away from it on 17 December 2022 which was the closest it could get to Jupiter for the decade.
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was the most highly inclined known asteroid in the Solar System.
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measures approximately 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) in diameter.
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was discovered on 1 November 2005, by astronomers of the
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Being a highly dynamic object, even among centaurs,
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Index

2005 VD
Discovered by
Mount Lemmon Srvy.
Discovery site
Mount Lemmon Obs.
MPC designation
Alternative designations
Minor planet category
centaur
damocloid
unusual
distant
Orbital characteristics
Epoch
JD
Uncertainty parameter
Observation arc
yr
Aphelion
AU
Perihelion
Semi-major axis
Eccentricity
Orbital period (sidereal)
Mean anomaly
°
Mean motion
Inclination
Longitude of ascending node
Argument of perihelion

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