(15789) 1993 SC
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Iwan P. Williams, Alan Fitzsimmons, and Donal O'Ceallaigh |
| Discovery date | September 17, 1993 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (15789) 1993 SC |
| none | |
| Plutino[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch (JD 20060922) | |
| Aphelion | 46.7 AU (6,986.23 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 32.095 AU (4,801.35 Gm) |
| 39.398 (5,893.86 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| 247.29 a (90,322.7 d) | |
| 52.7° | |
| Inclination | 5.2° |
| 354.7° | |
| 316° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
328 km[2] 363 km[3] |
| Albedo | 0.022 ± 0.01 (dark)[2] |
| 7.0 | |
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(15789) 1993 SC is a trans-Neptunian object of the plutino class. The discovery was made in 1993 at the La Palma Observatory with the Isaac Newton Telescope. It was the second plutino to receive an MPC number.[1]
References
- 1 2 "MPEC 2010-S44 :Distant Minor Planets (2010 OCT. 11.0 TT)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- 1 2 JPL Small-Body Database Browser
- ↑ List of known trans-Neptunian objects at Johnston's Archive
External links
- MPC: List of TNOs
- Grundy, W. M.; Noll, K. S.; Stephens, D. C. "Diverse albedos of small trans-neptunian objects." Icarus, Volume 176, Issue 1, p. 184-191 (07/2005) Abstract
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