(55638) 2002 VE₉₅

dwarf planet candidate. As of 2021^[update], it has not yet been named

semi-major axis of 39.18 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.29 and an inclination of 16° with respect to the ecliptic.^[3] On 29 June 2001, it came to perihelion and has since been moving away from the Sun. Due to precovery images recovered from the Digitized Sky Survey, the body's observation arc begins already in October 1990, or 12 years prior to its official discovery observation by astronomers with the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking at Palomar.^[1]

M.P.C. 47763).^[14] As of 2021^[update], it has not been named.^[1] According to the established naming conventions for plutinos, it will be named after a mythological figure from the underworld.^[15]

U=1).^[16]

asteroid occultations on 3 December 2015, gave a best-fit ellipse dimension of (250.0 km × 250.0 km) with an poor quality rating of 1.^[8] These timed observations are taken when the asteroid passes in front of a distant star.^[8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a more regular albedo for a distant object of 0.10 and hence estimates a larger diameter of 297 kilometers.^[6]

B–V and V−R passband filters, respectively.^[6][12]

centaur.^[18] Observations with the Very Large Telescope revealed that 2002 VE₉₅ has a heterogeneous surface—the amount of different ices and non-ice components depends on the observed area. Among the probable surface materials are water ice (4–19%), methanol ice (10–12%), and various tholins, photochemically altered organic compounds, also found on Triton and Titan. The redder areas are generally associated with the presence of methanol ice. The surface of 2002 VE₉₅ appears to be primordial in origin.^[19]