(118228) 1996 TQ66

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(118228) 1996 TQ66
Discovery [1] [2]
Discovered by J. Chen
D. C. Jewitt
C. Trujillo
J. X. Luu
Discovery site Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date8 October 1996
Designations
(118228) 1996 TQ66
1996 TQ66
TNO [3]  · plutino [4] [5]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 24.17 yr (8,828 d)
Aphelion 44.219 AU
Perihelion 34.535 AU
39.377 AU
Eccentricity 0.1230
247.10 yr (90,254 d)
33.659°
0° 0m 14.4s / day
Inclination 14.650°
10.613°
18.541°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
185  km (est. at 0.09) [4]
22.85 [8]
7.14 [2] [3]

    (118228) 1996 TQ66 (provisional designation 1996 TQ66) is a resonant trans-Neptunian object of the plutino population in the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 8 October 1996, by American astronomers Jun Chen, David Jewitt, Chad Trujillo, and Jane Luu, using the UH88 telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii. [1] [2] The very red object measures approximately 185 kilometers (110 miles) in diameter. As of 2021, it has not been named.

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    Orbit and classification

    1996 TQ66 orbits the Sun at a distance of 34.5–44.2  AU once every 247 years and 1 month (90,254 days; semi-major axis of 39.38 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic. [3] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at the Mauna Kea Observatories on 8 October 1996. [2] It came to perihelion in 1998. As of 2021, it is at 35.6 AU from the Sun and has an apparent magnitude of 22.85. [8]

    1996 TQ66 is a trans-Neptunian object and belongs to the plutino population, [4] [5] a large group of objects named after their largest member, Pluto. These resonant trans-Neptunian objects stay in a 2:3 mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune, orbiting exactly two times the Sun for every three orbits Neptune does and are therefore protected from Neptune's scattering effect. Plutinos are located in the inner rim of the Kuiper belt, a large circumstellar disc of mostly non-resonant classical Kuiper belt objects.

    Numbering and naming

    1996 TQ66 was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 16 November 2005, receiving the number (118228) in the minor planet catalog ( M.P.C. 55524). [9] As of 2021, it has not been named. [2] According to the established naming conventions, it will be given a mythological name associated with the underworld. [10]

    Physical characteristics

    1996 TQ66 has a very red surface color (RR) in the visible part of the spectrum, with B−V and V–R color indices of 1.190±0.020 and 0.660±0.030, respectively, for a combined B−R magnitude of 1.85. [4] [6] [7] A red surface color is typically associated with the presence of tholins, polymer-like organic compounds, formed by long exposures to solar and cosmic radiation.

    Rotation period

    In 1999, results of a photometric survey of Kuiper belt objects by Romanishin and Tegler were published in the Journal Nature . For 1996 TQ66, a brightness variation of no more than 0.22 in magnitude could be determined, which is indicative of a modestly irregular shape. [7] [11] As of 2021, no rotational lightcurve for this object has been obtained from photometry. The body's rotation period, pole and actual shape remain unknown. [3] [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 1996 TQ66 measures approximately 185 kilometers (110 miles) in diameter, for an assumed albedo of 0.9 and an magnitude of 7. [4] [12] According to Mike Brown, who estimates a mean-diameter of 186 km (120 mi), the object is too small for being considered a dwarf planet candidate ("probably not"). [13]

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