(60608) 2000 EE173
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | C. Trujillo, J. X. Luu, W. Evans[1] |
| Discovery date | March 3, 2000 |
| Alternate designations B |
none |
| Category | SDO |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.545 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 7425.064 Gm (49.633 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 3378.892 Gm (22.586 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 11471.236 Gm (76.680 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 127720.494 d (349.68 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 3.89 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 5.952° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
294.119° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
235.589° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 359.699° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | 84 km[2] |
| Mass | 6.2×1017? kg |
| Density | 2.0? g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.0235? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | 0.0444? km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 8.6 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~40 K |
(60608) 2000 EE173, also written as (60608) 2000 EE173, is a Trans-Neptunian object discovered in 2000 by N. Wyn Evans, Jane X. Luu and Chadwick A. Trujillo. It has a highly eccentric orbit which takes 366 years to complete.
[edit] References
- ^ http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Centaurs.html
- ^ http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html
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