(589683) 2010 RF43

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(589683) 2010 RF43
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byD. L. Rabinowitz
M. Schwamb
S. Tourtellotte
Discovery siteLa Silla Obs.
Discovery date6 September 2010
Designations
(589683) 2010 RF43
2010 RF43
TNO[3][4] · SDO[5] · distant[1]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc46.17 yr (~16,860 days)
Earliest precovery date19 August 1976[1]
Aphelion61.903 AU
Perihelion37.482 AU
49.692 AU
Eccentricity0.2457
350.30 yr (127,948 d)
97.520°
0° 0m 10.08s / day
Inclination30.638°
25.320°
193.480°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
636 km (estimate)[6]
643 km (estimate)[7]
≈770 km (estimate)[4]
0.09 (assumed)[4]
0.10 (assumed)[6]
0.11 (assumed)[7]
3.9[3] · 4.0[7] · 4.1[6]

(589683) 2010 RF43 (provisional designation 2010 RF43) is a large trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the scattered disc in the outermost regions of the Solar System. The object was discovered on 9 September 2010, by American astronomers David Rabinowitz, Megan Schwamb and Suzanne Tourtellotte at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.[1]

Orbit and classification[edit]

2010 RF43 orbits the Sun at a distance of 37.5–61.9 AU once every 350 years and 4 months (127,948 days; semi-major axis of 49.7 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25 and an inclination of 31° with respect to the ecliptic.[3] The body's observation arc begins with a precovery observation taken at Siding Spring Observatory in August 1976.[1]

Due to its relatively high eccentricity and inclination, it is an object of the scattered disc rather than one of the regular Kuiper belt.[2][8] Its perihelion of 37.5 AU is also too low to make it a detached object, which typically stay above 40 AU and never come close to the orbit of Neptune.

Numbering and naming[edit]

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 20 September 2021, receiving the number (589683) in the minor planet catalog (M.P.C. 135075).[9] As of 2021, it has not been named.[1]

Physical characteristics[edit]

Diameter and albedo[edit]

Based on an absolute magnitude of 3.9,[3] and an assumed albedo of 0.09, the Johnston's archive estimates a mean-diameter of approximately 770 kilometers (480 mi).[4]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.10 and calculates a diameter of 636 kilometers (395 mi) based on an absolute magnitude of 4.1.[6]

Rotation period[edit]

As of 2020, no rotational lightcurve of this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The object's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.[3][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "2010 RF43". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 RF43)" (2020-08-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Johnston, Wm. Robert (29 August 2021). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ Buie, Marc W. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 10RF43". SwRI (Space Science Department). Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e "LCDB Data for (2010+RF43)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Brown, Michael E. "How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system?". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  8. ^ "List Of Transneptunian Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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