Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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(15820) 1994 TB | |
Discovered: | 2 October 1994 |
Mpc Name: | (15820) 1994 TB |
Alt Names: | none |
Mp Category: | TNO (plutino) |
Epoch: | 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) |
Semimajor: | 39.38402AU |
Perihelion: | 26.95788AU |
Aphelion: | 51.81015abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.31551 |
Period: | 247.17 yr (90277.3 d) |
Inclination: | 12.1390° |
Asc Node: | 317.481° |
Arg Peri: | 99.2670° |
Dimensions: | 167 km[1] |
Mass: | 4.9? kg |
Density: | 2.0? g/cm3 |
Surface Grav: | 0.0467? m/s2 |
Escape Velocity: | 0.0883? km/s |
Sidereal Day: | ? d |
Spectral Type: | ? |
Abs Magnitude: | 7.3 |
Albedo: | 0.10? |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Rotation: | 6.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Observation Arc: | 5210 days (14.26 yr) |
Uncertainty: | 3 |
Moid: | 25.9914AU |
Jupiter Moid: | 22.0897AU |
Tisserand: | 5.237 |
(15820) 1994 TB is a trans-Neptunian object residing in the Kuiper belt. It is in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune, similar to Pluto. It was discovered on October 2, 1994, by David C. Jewitt and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatory, in Hawaii.