(556416) 2014 OE394 explained

Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discoverer:Pan-STARRS (F51)
Discovery Site:F51, Haleakala Observatory
Discovered:28 July 2014
Mp Category:Classical Kuiper belt object[1]
Orbit Ref:[2]
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty:2
Observation Arc:1452 days (5 oppositions)
Aphelion:51.976 AU
Semimajor:46.391 AU
Perihelion:40.805 ± 0.002 AU
Eccentricity:0.12040 ± 0.00005
Period:316 years
Inclination:3.93206 ± 0.00008°
Asc Node:308.87986 ± 0.0004°
Mean Anomaly:70.25469°
Arg Peri:259.35897 ± 0.008°
Mean Diameter:280-540 km
240-730 km[3]
Abs Magnitude:4.74[4]

(provisional designation ) is a large cubewano in the Kuiper belt that was discovered in July 2014 by the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope, and announced on 17 July 2016.[5] It is one of the brighter trans-Neptunian objects, being the 34th brightest cubewano as of 23 July 2016. Its exact size is unknown, but is most likely between 240 and 730 kilometers across.[3] Mike Brown's website lists it as a "possible" dwarf planet, with an estimated diameter of 337 kilometers.[6]

was observed by the New Horizons probe in September 2017 and August 2018. It passed close by:[7] about 8.7 AU away on 1 January 2017, and 7.5 AU on 1 January 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marc W. Buie . Marc W. Buie . Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 14OE394 . SwRI (Space Science Department) . 2018-02-17 . 28 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190328014727/https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/astrom/14OE394.html . dead .
  2. Web site: IAU Minor Planet Center - 2014 OE394. Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. 24 July 2016.
  3. Web site: JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA. 24 July 2016.
  4. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=556416
  5. Web site: MPEC 2016-O95 : 2014 OE394. Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. 24 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Brown. Mike. How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system? (updates daily). Mike Brown's Planets. 24 July 2016.
  7. etal . Anne J. . Verbiscer . Paul . Helfenstein . Simon B. . Porter . Susan D. . Benecchi . J. J. . Kavelaars . Tod R. . Lauer . The Diverse Shapes of Dwarf Planet and Large KBO Phase Curves Observed from New Horizons . The Planetary Science Journal . April 2022 . 3 . 4 . 95 . 31 . free . 10.3847/PSJ/ac63a6 . 2022PSJ.....3...95V.