(523643) 2010 TY53 explained

Minorplanet:yes
(523643)
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discoverer:Pan-STARRS 1
Discovered:4 August 2010
Mpc Name:(523643)
Epoch:27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty:2
Observation Arc:13.24 yr (4,835 d)
Perihelion:21.066 AU
Time Periastron:≈ 13 December 2042[1]
Semimajor:38.826 AU
Eccentricity:0.4574
Period:241.93 yr (88,365 d)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:22.461°
Asc Node:111.23°
Arg Peri:3.4361°
Mean Diameter:
Rotation:n.a.
Albedo:0.08
0.09
Abs Magnitude:5.7
5.8

, provisional designation is a trans-Neptunian object and possible centaur located in the outermost region of the Solar System. With an absolute magnitude of 5.7, it approximately measures 325km (202miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 August 2010 by the Pan-STARRS-1 survey at the Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, in the United States. According to American astronomer Michael Brown, it is "possibly" a dwarf planet.

Orbit and classification

orbits the Sun at a distance of 21.1–56.6 AU once every 241 years and 11 months (88,365 days; semi-major axis of 38.83 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.46 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery at Palomar Observatory in October 2004, or almost six years prior to its official discovery observation by Pan-STARRS.

Numbering and naming

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 . As of 2018, it has not been named.

Physical characteristics

Diameter and albedo

According to the Johnston's archive and to Michael Brown, measures 321 and 329 kilometers in diameter, based on an absolute magnitude of 5.7 and 5.8 and an assumed standard albedo of 0.09 and 0.08 for the body's surface, respectively. As of 2018, no physical characteristics have been determined from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.

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Notes and References

  1. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2010TY53 JPL Horizons