(506479) 2003 HB57 explained

Minorplanet:yes
(506479)
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discovered:26 April 2003
Mpc Name:(506479)
Epoch:4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty:4
Observation Arc:13.94 yr (5,090 days)
Perihelion:38.109 AU
Semimajor:166.16 AU
Eccentricity:0.7706
Period:2141.87 yr (782,317 days)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:15.473°
Asc Node:197.82°
Arg Peri:11.013°
Mean Diameter:147 km
200 km
Albedo:0.04
0.09
Abs Magnitude:7.47.6

, is an extreme trans-Neptunian object of the extended scattered disc in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 180 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers at the Mauna Kea Observatory on 26 April 2003.

Description

orbits the Sun at a distance of 38.1–294.2 AU once every 2141 years and 10 months (782,317 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.77 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic.

Extended scattered disc

It is one of a small group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects with perihelion distances of 30 AU or more, and semi-major axes of 150 AU or more. Such objects can not have reached their present-day orbits without the gravitational influence of some perturbing object, which lead to the speculation of planet nine.

Physical characterization

has a BR-type spectrum and an estimated diameter of 147 and 200 kilometers based on an assumed albedo of 0.09 and 0.04, respectively.

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