2014 YX49

2014 YX49
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Pan-STARRS
Discovery date December 26, 2014
Designations
MPC designation 2014 YX49
Centaur
Uranus Co-orbital
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 1
Observation arc 4876 days (13.35 yr)
Aphelion 24.4207 AU (3.65328 Tm)
Perihelion 13.8401 AU (2.07045 Tm)
19.1304 AU (2.86187 Tm)
Eccentricity 0.276539
83.67 yr (30562 d)
75.587°
0° 0m 42.405s / day
Inclination 25.55097°
91.44425°
280.584°
Earth MOID 12.9424 AU (1.93616 Tm)
Jupiter MOID 9.49683 AU (1.420706 Tm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 40–120 km
21.6
8.5

    2014 YX49 is a centaur and Uranus co-orbital discovered on December 26, 2014, by the Pan-STARRS survey.[3] It is the second known centaur on a tadpole orbit with Uranus, and the fourth Uranus co-orbital discovered after 83982 Crantor, 2011 QF99 and (472651) 2015 DB216.[4]

    Asteroid 2014 YX49 is a temporary L4 Trojan of Uranus, the second one (2011 QF99 was identified first) to be confirmed as currently trapped in such resonant state. This object may have remained as a L4 Uranian Trojan for about 60,000 years and it can continue that way for another 80,000 years. Numerical integrations suggest that it may stay within Uranus’ co-orbital zone for nearly one million years.[4]

    Besides being a L4 Uranian Trojan, 2014 YX49 is trapped in the 7:20 mean motion resonance with Saturn as well; therefore, this minor body is currently subjected to a three-body resonance.[4] The other known Uranian Trojan, 2011 QF99, is also in this resonant configuration.


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    Notes

    1. ^ Assuming an albedo from 0.05 (120 km) to 0.5 (40 km).

    References

    1. ↑ "2014 YX49 - Minor Planet Center". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
    2. ↑ "JPL Small Body Database Browser". JPL (2015-01-28 last obs.). NASA. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
    3. ↑ "MPEC 2016-O10 : 2014 YX49". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
    4. 1 2 3 de la Fuente Marcos, Carlos; de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl (15 May 2017). "Asteroid 2014 YX49: a large transient Trojan of Uranus". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 467 (2): 1561–1568. Bibcode:2017arXiv170105541D. arXiv:1701.05541 Freely accessible. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx197.
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