(119068) 2001 KC77
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. W. Buie[1] |
| Discovery date | May 23, 2001 |
| Designations | |
|
TNO 2:5 resonance[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 76.001 AU (11,369.516 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 35.418 AU (5,298.513 Gm) |
| 55.709 AU (8,334.014 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.364 |
| 415.82 a (151,876.881 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 3.85 km/s |
| 5.287° | |
| Inclination | 12.882° |
| 57.812° | |
| 180.137° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 201 km[3] |
| Albedo | 0.10? |
| Temperature | ~37 K |
| 6.7 | |
|
| |
(119068) 2001 KC77, also written as (119068) 2001 KC77, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that resides in the Kuiper belt region of the Solar System. It was discovered on May 23, 2001 by Marc W. Buie.
It is in a 2:5 orbital resonance with the planet Neptune.[2]
References
- ↑ List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects
- 1 2 Marc W. Buie (2005-05-11). "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 119068". (using 21 observations) SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ↑ List of known trans-Neptunian objects Archived 20 June 2007 at WebCite
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 22, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.