(303775) 2005 QU182 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discovery Ref:[1]
Discovered:30 August 2005
Mp Category:TNO (SDO)[2] [3]
Orbit Ref:[4]
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Aphelion:184.19abbr=onNaNabbr=on (Q)
Perihelion:36.827AU (q)
Semimajor:110.51AU (a)
Eccentricity:0.66675 (e)
Period:1161.74 yr (424325.7 d)
Inclination:14.032° (i)
Asc Node:78.395° (Ω)
Mean Anomaly:13.854° (M)
Arg Peri:223.69° (ω)
Dimensions:[5]
Sidereal Day:9.61 hr
Magnitude:20.9[6]
Abs Magnitude:, 3.6
Mean Motion: / day (n)
Rotation:9.61abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Observation Arc:13642 days (37.35 yr)
Uncertainty:2
Moid:35.8244AU
Jupiter Moid:31.769AU
Tisserand:6.711

(provisional designation ) is a trans-Neptunian object with a bright absolute magnitude of ca. 3.6.[4]

Distance

It came to perihelion in 1971[4] and is currently 51.8 AU from the Sun.[6] In April 2013, it moved beyond 50 AU from the Sun.

It has been observed 81 times over 10 oppositions with precovery images back to 1974.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MPEC 2007-R03 : 2004 PF115, 2004 PG115, 2004 XA192, 2005 QU182 . . 2007-09-01 . 2009-08-26.
  2. Web site: List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects . Minor Planet Center . 2009-01-22 .
  3. Web site: Marc W. Buie . Marc W. Buie . 2008-10-24 . Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 05QU182 . SwRI (Space Science Department) . 2008-12-09 .
  4. Web site: last observation: 2009-09-18 . JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2005 QU182) . 7 April 2016.
  5. Santos-Sanz . P. . Lellouch . E. . Fornasier . S. . Kiss . C. . Pal . A. . Müller . T. G. . Vilenius . E. . Stansberry . J. . Mommert . M. . Delsanti . A. . Mueller . M. . Peixinho . N. . Henry . F. . Ortiz . J. L. . Thirouin . A. . Protopapa . S. . Duffard . R. . Szalai . N. . Lim . T. . Ejeta . C. . Hartogh . P. . Harris . A. W. . Rengel . M. . 10.1051/0004-6361/201118541 . "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region IV. Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel-PACS. Astronomy & Astrophysics . 541 . A92 . 2012 . 1202.1481 . 2012A&A...541A..92S . 118600525 .
  6. Web site: AstDys 2005QU182 Ephemerides . Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy . 2009-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526232147/http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.3.0&n=2005QU182 . 2011-05-26 . live.