(15820) 1994 TB

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(15820) 1994 TB
Discovery
Discovered by D. C. Jewitt and J. Chen
Discovery date2 October 1994
Designations
(15820) 1994 TB
none
TNO (plutino)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc 5210 days (14.26 yr)
Aphelion 51.81015  AU (7.750688  Tm)
Perihelion 26.95788 AU (4.032841 Tm)
39.38402 AU (5.891766 Tm)
Eccentricity 0.31551
247.17 yr (90277.3 d)
Average orbital speed
4.63 km/s
355.418°
0° 0m 14.356s / day
Inclination 12.1390°
317.481°
99.2670°
Earth  MOID 25.9914 AU (3.88826 Tm)
Jupiter  MOID 22.0897 AU (3.30457 Tm)
TJupiter 5.237
Physical characteristics
Dimensions167 km [2]
Mass 4.9×1018? kg
Mean density
2.0? g/cm3
Equatorial surface gravity
0.0467? m/s2
Equatorial escape velocity
0.0883? km/s
6.5  h (0.27  d)
? d
0.10?
Temperature ~44 K
?
7.3

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    References

    1. "15820 (1994 TB)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 8 April 2016.
    2. List of known trans-Neptunian objects