(79360) 1997 CS29

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(79360) 1997 CS29
Discovery
Discovered by Jane X. Luu, David C. Jewitt,
Chadwick A. Trujillo, Jun Chen[1]
Discovery date February 3, 1997
Designations
MPC designation (79360) 1997 CS29
Alternative names none
Minor planet
category		 trans-Neptunian object (cubewano)
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion 6641.873 Gm (44.398 AU)
Perihelion 6476.945 Gm (43.296 AU)
Semi-major axis 6559.409 Gm (43.847 AU)
Eccentricity 0.013
Orbital period 106049.186 d (290.35 a)
Average orbital speed 4.50 km/s
Mean anomaly 305.256°
Inclination 2.249°
Longitude of ascending node 304.371°
Argument of perihelion 238.086°
Satellites 1
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 305 km
Mass 3.0×1019? kg
Mean density 2.0? g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity 0.0852? m/s²
Escape velocity 0.1612? km/s
Sidereal rotation
period		 ? d
Albedo 0.10?
Temperature ~42 K
Spectral type ?
Absolute magnitude 5.1

(79360) 1997 CS29, also written as (79360) 1997 CS29, is a cubewano. It was discovered on February 3, 1997 by Jane X. Luu, David C. Jewitt, Chad Trujillo, and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. It is about 305 km[2] in diameter.

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[edit] Future classification

Due to its small size, it is unlikely it will be classified as a dwarf planet but stay as a trans-Neptuian object.

[edit] Natural satellite

1997 CS29 has only one known natural satellite:

[edit] S/2005 (79360) 1

S/2005 (79360) 1 is the only known natural satellite of (79360) 1997 CS29. It was discovered by Denise C. Stephens and Keith S. Noll from Hubble Space Telescope observations of 22 October 2002 and announced on 5 October 2005. It orbits 1997 CS29 at about 2300 km, taking about 6 days to complete one orbit. It is about 292 km in diameter, nearly as large as 1997 CS29.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ List Of Transneptunian Objects
  2. ^ List of known trans-Neptunian objects
  3. ^ (79360) 1997 CS29
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