(613100) 2005 TN74 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discovered:8 October 2005
Mp Category:3:5 resonant TNO
Orbit Ref:[1]
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Semimajor:42.30237AU
Perihelion:32.11131AU
Aphelion:52.49343abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.24091
Period:275.14 yr (100495 d)
Inclination:2.17385°
Asc Node:179.25692°
Arg Peri:224.79728°
Dimensions:85–240 km
Abs Magnitude:7.3
Mean Motion: /day
Observation Arc:1805 days (4.94 yr)
Uncertainty:4
Moid:31.1197AU
Jupiter Moid:27.1241AU

(provisional designation 2005 TN74) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO)[2] in a 3:5 resonance with Neptune.[3] [4] It was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo in 2005.

It was initially suspected of being a Neptune trojan since the first observations gave it a semi-major axis of 30 AU and an orbital eccentricity of 0.16,[5] but further observations showed it to have a semi-major axis of 42.7 AU, a perihelion of 32.1 AU, and an aphelion of 53.4 AU.[1]

With an absolute magnitude of 7.2,[1] it has an expected diameter in the range of 85 to 240 km.[6]

It has been observed 19 times over four oppositions.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2005 TN74 . 30 March 2016.
  2. Most SDOs have a perihelion distance greater than 35AU and an eccentricity of more than 0.3.
  3. Web site: Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 05TN74 . 7 March 2012 . 29 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429165723/http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/astrom/05TN74.html . dead .
  4. Web site: 2006-10-05 . MPEC 2006-T35 : 2005 PR21, 2005 PT21, 2005 PU21, 2005 TN74 . . Wasserman, L. H. . Buie, M. W. . Marsden, B. G. . 2008-05-12.
  5. Web site: 2005-10-31 . MPEC 2005-U97 : 2005 TN74, 2005 TO74 . Minor Planet Center . Sheppard, S. S. . Trujillo, C. A. . Marsden, B. G. . 2008-05-12.
  6. Web site: Absolute Magnitude (H) . https://web.archive.org/web/20010302182040/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/glossary/h.html . dead . 2001-03-02 . 2008-05-11.