What is (524522) 2002 VE68?
'''(524522) 2002 VE<sub>68</sub>''' is an [[asteroid]] and a temporary [[quasi-satellite]] of [[Venus]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Discovery of the first quasi-satellite of Venus (press announcement, Tuorla Observatory)|url=http://www.astro.utu.fi/tuorla/new/venusqs.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235035/http://www.astro.utu.fi/tuorla/new/venusqs.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-03|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.astro.utu.fi|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was the first [[quasi-satellite]] to be found around a [[planet]] in the [[Solar System]]. It looks like it travels around [[Venus]] during one Venerean year but it actually [[orbit]]s the [[Sun]], not Venus.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mikkola|first1=S.|last2=Brasser|first2=R.|last3=Wiegert|first3=P.|last4=Innanen|first4=K.|date=2004|title=Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus|url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004MNRAS.351L..63M/abstract|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|language=en|volume=351|issue=3|pages=L63–L65|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07994.x|bibcode=2004MNRAS.351L..63M|issn=0035-8711|via=}}</ref> == Discovery, orbit and physical properties == It was discovered on 11 November 2002 at [[Lowell Observatory]]. It has a [[semi-major axis]] of 0.7237 AU. Its [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] is 0.4104. Its [[orbital inclination]] is 9.0060°. It is calculated to measure 236 meters in [[diameter]]s. Its rotational period is 13.5 hours.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-12-18|title=Physical characterization of 2002 VE68, a quasi-moon of Venus|url=http://www.lacitycollege.edu/academic/departments/physics/cure/reports/BarajasT_Sp2011_Report.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218132111/http://www.lacitycollege.edu/academic/departments/physics/cure/reports/BarajasT_Sp2011_Report.pdf|archive-date=2013-12-18|access-date=2020-12-04}}</ref> == Potentially hazardous asteroid == 2002 VE<sub>68</sub> is in the [[Minor Planet Center]] list of Potentially Hazardous Ast