184314 Mbabamwanawaresa Explained

Minorplanet:	yes
Background:	C2E0FF
184314 Mbabamwanawaresa
Discovered:	2005 March 11
Named After:	Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Zulu goddess)
Mp Category:	cubewano
Orbit Ref:	^[1]
Epoch:	27 August 2011 (JD 2455800.5)
Observation Arc:	4817 days
Uncertainty:	4
Mean Diameter:	?^[2] 316 km if 5% albedo^[3]
Abs Magnitude:	6.4

184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (provisional designation ) is a mid-sized trans-Neptunian object in the classical Kuiper belt, perhaps 300 km across, discovered in 2005. Named after Mbaba Mwana Waresa, a Zulu Fertility Goddess of Earth and Water, It orbits around the sun roughly every 300 years at an average distance of 44.867 AU.

Notes and References

1. Web site: JPL Small-Body Database Lookup: 184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (2005 EO302) . 9 December 2021.
2. Web site: List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects . Johnston's Archive . 29 August 2021 . Johnston, Wm. Robert . 10 December 2021.
3. Web site: RECON: TNO occultation with 184314. Marc W.. Buie. Southwest Research Institute. 20 May 2021.