(668643) 2012 DR30 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discovered:31 March 2009
Epoch:27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty:1
Observation Arc:14.72 yr (5,375 d)
Aphelion:3192 AU
Perihelion:14.5 AU
Time Periastron:≈ 16 March 2011[1]
Semimajor:1603.44 AU
Eccentricity:0.9909
Period:64207 yr
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:77.986°
Asc Node:341.48°
Arg Peri:195.57°
Tisserand:0.9860
Jupiter Moid:9.311 AU
Saturn Moid:5.45 AU
Uranus Moid:3.32 AU
Magnitude:19.9
Abs Magnitude:7.1

is a trans-Neptunian object and centaur from the scattered disk and/or inner Oort cloud, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. The object with a highly eccentric orbit of 0.99 was first observed by astronomers with the Spacewatch program at Steward Observatory on 31 March 2009. It measures approximately 188km (117miles) in diameter.

Description

Using an epoch of February 2017, it has the second-largest heliocentric semi-major axis of a minor planet not detected out-gassing like a comet. (has a larger heliocentric semi-major axis.) does have a barycentric semi-major axis of 1032 AU. For the epoch of July 2018 will have its largest heliocentric semi-major axis of 1644 AU.

Orbital evolution
Year
(epoch)
Barycentric
Aphelion (Q)
(AU)
Orbital
period
years
1950 2000 32000
2050 2049 33100

passed 5.7 AU from Saturn in February 2009 and came to perihelion in March 2011 at a distance of 14.5 AU from the Sun (inside the orbit of Uranus). In 2018, it will move from 18.2 AU to 19.1 AU from the Sun. It comes to opposition in late March. With an absolute magnitude (H) of 7.1, the object has a published diameter of 185 and 188 kilometers, respectively.

With an observation arc of 14.7 years, it has a well constrained orbit. It will not be 50 AU from the Sun until 2047. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, will have a barycentric aphelion of 2049 AU with an orbital period of 33100 years. In a 10 million year integration of the orbit, the nominal (best-fit) orbit and both 3-sigma clones remain outside 12.2 AU (qmin) from the Sun. Summary of barycentric orbital parameters are:

Archived data from the JPL SBDB and MPC.

Comparison

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2012DR30 JPL Horizons