(145453) 2005 RR43
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. C. Becker A. W. Puckett J. M. Kubica |
| Discovery site | APO |
| Discovery date | 9 September 2005 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (145453) 2005 RR43 |
| cubewano[1][2] extended (DES)[3] |
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| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
| Observation arc | 14301 days (39.15 yr) |
| Aphelion | 49.050 AU (7.3378 Tm) |
| Perihelion | 37.276 AU (5.5764 Tm) |
| 43.163 AU (6.4571 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13639 |
| 283.58 yr (103578 d) | |
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Average orbital speed
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0.00346°/d |
| 43.576° | |
| Inclination | 28.506° |
| 85.852° | |
| 279.66° | |
| Earth MOID | 36.394 AU (5.4445 Tm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 32.9176 AU (4.92440 Tm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 252 km[4] 213 km[5] |
| 7.87 h (0.328 d) | |
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Sidereal rotation period
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7.87 h[4] |
| 0.703±0.021 (wavelength: 1.5 μm) 0.828±0.049 (wavelength: 2.0 μm)[6] |
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| B−V=0.77, V−R=0.41[7] B0−V0=0.790[8] |
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| 4.1[1][9] 4.0[4][6] 4.4 (per Brown)[5] |
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(145453) 2005 RR43, also written as (145453) 2005 RR43, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) estimated to be about 250 km in diameter.[4][5] It was discovered on 9 September 2005 by Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. It is possibly a dwarf planet.[10]
Origin
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Based on their common pattern of IR water-ice absorptions, neutral visible spectrum,[6] and the clustering of their orbital elements, the other KBOs 1995 SM55, (19308) 1996 TO66, (55636) 2002 TX300 and (120178) 2003 OP32 appear to be collisional fragments broken off the dwarf planet Haumea.
Surface
The surface is covered by water ice as attested by deep absorption at 1.5 and 2 μm in the infrared spectrum and neutral (i.e. non-red) colour. Scattering models reveal that the observed water ice is, at least in a significant fraction, crystalline and organics, detected on the surface of many TNOs, are completely absent.[6] These physical and orbital characteristics common with Haumea led to suggestion that 2005 RR43 is a member of the Haumea collisional family. The object, together with other members of the family ((19308) 1996 TO66, (24835) 1995 SM55, (55636) 2002 TX300 and (120178) 2003 OP32), would be created from ice mantle ejected from the proto-Haumea as result of a collision with another large (around 1,660 kilometres (1,030 mi)) body.[11]
 The + marks 2005 RR43 (B−V=0.77, V−R=0.41) on this color plot of TNOs. All the other Haumea-family members are located to the lower left of this point. |
See also
References
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External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
- Minor Planet Center List of TNOs
- (145453) 2005 RR43 Precovery Images
- (145453) 2005 RR43 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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