(120348) 2004 TY364 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discoverer:M. E. Brown
C. Trujillo
D. L. Rabinowitz
Discovery Site:Palomar Obs.
Discovered:3 October 2004
Earliest Precovery Date:16 July 1983
Mp Category:TNOcubewano
SCATEXTD[1]
Other
Orbit Ref:[2]
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Semimajor:38.78AU
Aphelion:41.384abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Perihelion:36.176AU
Time Periastron:≈ 12 May 2079[3]
±6 days
Period:241.50 yr (88208.5 d)
Inclination:24.8499°
Eccentricity:0.067140
Mean Anomaly:265.93°
Asc Node:140.6141°
Arg Peri:359.71°
Magnitude:20.4[4]
Abs Magnitude:, 4.8
Mean Motion: / day
Rotation:11.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Observation Arc:11834 days (32.40 yr)
Uncertainty:3
Moid:35.1896AU
Jupiter Moid:30.8216AU

, provisionally known as, is a trans-Neptunian object. It is an inner classical Kuiper belt object in the definition by Gladman, Marsden, and Van Laerhoven (e<0.24).[5] Its inclination of almost 25 degrees disqualifies it as such in Marc Buie's definition.[1] It is also not listed as a scattered disc object by the Minor Planet Center. It was discovered by Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo and David L. Rabinowitz on October 3, 2004 at the Palomar Observatory.

Light-curve analysis suggests it is not a dwarf planet.[6]

, it is 39.2 AU from the Sun.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marc W. Buie . Marc W. Buie . last observation: 2005-08-31 using 20 of 21 observations over 22 years . Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 120348 . SwRI (Space Science Department) . 2014-11-13.
  2. Web site: 2005-09-01 last obs; arc: 22.13 years . JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 120348 (2004 TY364) . 7 April 2016.
  3. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2004TY364 JPL Horizons
  4. Web site: AstDys (120348) 2004TY364 Ephemerides . Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy . 2009-12-10.
  5. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/books/ssbn2008/7002.pdf Nomenclature in the outer Solar System
  6. Web site: 13 October 2008 . Dwarf Planet & Plutoid Headquarters . Portal Uruguayo de Astronomía . Gonzalo Tancredi . Sofía Favre . amp . 2010-09-22. (Which are the dwarfs in the Solar System?)