(523645) 2010 VK201

(523645) 2010 VK₂₀₁ (provisional designation 2010 VK₂₀₁) is a trans-Neptunian object and member of the classical Kuiper belt, approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 November 2010, by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States.^[1] It has a rotation period of 7.6 hours.^[6] It was numbered in September 2018 and remains unnamed.

Located beyond the orbit of Neptune, 2010 VK₂₀₁ is a non-resonant classical Kuiper belt object (cubewano) of the so-called hot population, whose members have higher inclinations than those of the cold population.^[4] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 38.0–48.1 AU once every 282 years and 2 months (103,060 days; semi-major axis of 43.02 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 29° with respect to the ecliptic.^[2] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Haleakala in November 2010.^[1] 2010 VK₂₀₁ has been identified as a member of the Haumea family in a dynamical study led by Proudfoot and Ragozzine in 2019.^[9]

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111778).^[10] As of 2018, it has not been named.^[1]

2010 VK₂₀₁ is an assumed carbonaceous body with a relatively low albedo (see below).^[6]

In 2011, a rotational lightcurve of 2010 VK₂₀₁ was obtained from photometric observations in the S- and R-band by Susan Benecchi and Scott Sheppard taken with Carnegie's 2.5-meter Irénée du Pont telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 7.59±0.05 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.30 magnitude (U=2).^[6][7]

According to Michael Brown and the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link, 2010 VK₂₀₁ measures 501 and 505 kilometers in diameter, based on an absolute magnitude of 4.6 and 5.0, assuming an albedo of 0.07 and 0.10 for the body's surface, respectively.^[4][5] The Johnston's archive estimates a smaller diameter of 443 kilometers.^[6]

• MPEC 2011-U10 : 2010 VK201, Minor Planet Electronic Circular – Minor Planet Center
• List of Transneptunian Objects, Minor Planet Center
• "Light curves of 32 large trans-Neptunian objects"
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (520001)-(525000) – Minor Planet Center
• (523645) 2010 VK201 at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• (523645) 2010 VK201 at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

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Asteroid belt	Hygiea Interamnia
Centaurs	Chariklo Chiron Pholus 1999 OX3 2013 TC146 2014 NW65
Plutinos	Huya Ixion 2001 QF298 2002 VR128 2002 XV93 2003 AZ84 2003 UZ413 2003 VS2 2007 JH43 2017 OF69
Twotinos	2002 WC19
Cubewanos	Chaos Salacia Varda Varuna 1998 SN165 2002 AW197 2002 CY248 2002 KX14 2002 MS4 2002 UX25 2003 QW90 2004 GV9 2004 NT33 2004 PF115 2004 TY364 2004 UX10 2005 RN43 2005 UQ513 2010 FX86
Other KBOs	1999 CD158 1999 DE9 2000 YW134 2002 XW93 2010 JO179 2010 VK201 2011 FW62 2011 GM27 2013 FZ27 2014 UM33 2015 AM281 2015 RR245
Scattered disc	Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà Dziewanna 1996 GQ21 1996 TL66 2001 UR163 2002 TC302 2004 XA192 2005 QU182 2005 RM43 2006 QH181 2008 OG19 2010 KZ39 2010 RE64 2010 RF43 2010 JO179 2010 TJ 2010 VZ98 2013 FY27 2014 AN55 2014 EZ51 2014 UZ224 2014 WK509 2015 KH162 2015 RR245 2017 FO161 2018 AG37 2018 VG18 2021 DR15 2021 LL37
Detached objects	2003 FY128 2003 QX113 2004 XR190 2005 TB190 2007 JJ43 2008 ST291
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