(15807) 1994 GV₉

**(15807) 1994 GV₉**
Discovery
Discovered by	David C. Jewitt and Jun Chen
Discovery date	April 15, 1994
Designations
Alternate name(s)	none
Minor planet category	TNO (cubewano)^[1]
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion	6983.190 Gm (46.680 AU)
Perihelion	6172.692 Gm (41.262 AU)
Semi-major axis	6577.941 Gm (43.971 AU)
Eccentricity	0.062
Orbital period	106498.927 d (291.58 a)
Average orbital speed	4.49 km/s
Mean anomaly	57.465°
Inclination	0.560°
Longitude of ascending node	176.731°
Argument of perihelion	309.959°
Proper orbital elements
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	146 km^[2]
Mass	?×10^? kg
Mean density	? g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity	? m/s²
Escape velocity	? km/s
Rotation period	? d
Albedo	0.09 (assumed)
Temperature	~42 K
Spectral type	?
Absolute magnitude (H)	7.4^[3]

(15807) 1994 GV₉, also written (15807) 1994 GV9, is a trans-Neptunian object of the cubewano class. It was discovered on April 15, 1994 by David C. Jewitt and Jun Chen at the Observatories at Mauna Kea near Hilo, Hawaii. Very little is known about the object.

(15807) 1994 GV₉ is the second cubewano to be given an official Minor Planet Center catalog number.^[4] The first cubewano is (15760) 1992 QB₁.

References

^ Marc W. Buie (2002-03-22). "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 15807". SwRI (Space Science Department). http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/astrom/15807.html. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
^ Wm. Robert Johnston (22 August 2008). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15807 (1994 GV9)". 2002-03-22 last obs. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1994GV9. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
^ "MPEC 2008-O05 : Distant Minor Planets (2008 AUG. 2.0 TT)". Minor Planet Center. 2008-07-17. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K08/K08O05.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

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Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
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