(126155) 2001 YJ140 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discovered:20 December 2001
Alt Names:none
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Semimajor:39.606AU
Perihelion:27.906AU
Aphelion:51.307abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.29542
Period:249.26 yr (91043.2 d)
Inclination:5.9691°
Asc Node:319.51°
Arg Peri:129.91°
Orbit Ref:[1]
Dimensions:154 km
Abs Magnitude:7.3
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:2455 days (6.72 yr)
Uncertainty:3

(provisional designation ) is a resonant trans-Neptunian object from the outermost regions of the Solar System, approximately 154 kilometers in diameter. It discovered on 20 December 2001, by American astronomers Chad Trujillo, Glenn Smith and Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory in California.

Orbit and rotation

is classified as a plutino, a large class of objects in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune. Its orbit has a semi-major axis of 42.396 AU and an orbital period of about 249 years. Perihelion leads to 27.881 AU from the Sun and its aphelion in the distance of 51.348 AU.[2] [3]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 126155 (2001 YJ140) . . 7 April 2016.
  2. https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K09/K09R09.html MPEC 2009-R09 : DISTANT MINOR PLANETS (2009 SEPT. 16.0 TT)
  3. https://archive.today/20101027133511/http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/TNOs.html List Of Transneptunian Objects