2005 VX3

2005 VX3 is trans-Neptunian object and retrograde damocloid on a highly eccentric, cometary-like orbit.

The unusual object measures approximately 7 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter.

It belongs to the dynamical group of damocloids due to its retrograde orbit and its low Tisserand parameter (TJupiter of −0.9430).

The object has a short observation arc of 81 days and does not have a well constrained orbit.

In the past it may have made closer approaches to the Sun that could have removed most near-surface volatiles.

The orbits of Sedna , 2012 VP 113 , Leleākūhonua , and other very distant objects along with the predicted orbit of Planet Nine . The three sednoids (pink) along with the red-colored extreme trans-Neptunian object (eTNO) orbits are suspected to be aligned against the hypothetical Planet Nine while the blue-colored eTNO orbits are aligned. The highly elongated orbits colored brown include centaurs and damocloids with large aphelion distances over 200 AU.