Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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Discovery Site: | Astronomical Research Institute |
Discovered: | 19 April 2012 |
Mpc Name: | (432949) |
Epoch: | 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5) |
Uncertainty: | 2 |
Observation Arc: | 19.16 yr (6,998 d) |
Perihelion: | 29.201 AU |
Semimajor: | 34.808 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.1611 |
Period: | 205.36 yr (75,008 d) |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 28.585° |
Asc Node: | 56.464° |
Arg Peri: | 100.49° |
Albedo: | 0.09 |
Abs Magnitude: | 6.38 |
is a resonant trans-Neptunian object, approximately 255km (158miles) in diameter, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered by Slovak astronomer Tomáš Vorobjov from images taken on the night of 19 April 2012, at the Astronomical Research Institute in Illinois, United States. This minor planet was numbered (432949) by the Minor Planet Center on 4 April 2015 ., it has not been named.
is a resonant trans-Neptunian object in an uncommon 4:5 resonance with Neptune (DES: 5:4E). It orbits the Sun at a distance of 29.2–40.4 AU once every 205 years and 4 months (75,008 days; semi-major axis of 34.81 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 29° with respect to the ecliptic. It is currently 29.8 AU from the Sun.
, no rotational lightcurve of has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. Johnstons Archive estimates a mean diameter of 255km (158miles), using a standard magnitude-to-diameter conversion with an assumed albedo of 0.09. Astronomer Mike Brown gives a nearly identical estimates of 253km (157miles) for the object's diameter with an albedo of 0.08 and an absolute magnitude of 6.3.