(184212) 2004 PB112

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(184212) 2004 PB112
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. W. Buie
Discovery site Cerro Tololo Obs.
Discovery date13 August 2004
Designations
(184212) 2004 PB112
2004 PB112
TNO [2]  · SDO [3] [4]
res 4:27 [5]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3 [2]  ·0 [1]
Observation arc 17.07 yr (6,236 d)
Aphelion 184.60 AU
Perihelion 35.333 AU
109.97 AU
Eccentricity 0.6787
1153.20 yrs
3.0647°
0° 0m 3.24s / day
Inclination 15.403°
356.73°
3.6578°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
154  km (est. at 0.09) [3] [6]
7.3 [1] [2]

    (184212) 2004 PB112 (provisional designation 2004 PB112) is a trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc, approximately 154 kilometers (96 miles) in diameter, and in a rare high-order orbital resonance ratio (4:27) with Neptune. It was discovered on 13 August 2004, by American astronomer Marc Buie at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    2004 PB112 orbits the Sun at a distance of 35.3–184.6  AU once every 1153 years and 2 months (421,205 days; semi-major axis of 109.97 AU). Its orbit has a high eccentricity of 0.68 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] A first precovery was taken at Cerro Tololo in 2000, extending the body's observation arc by 4 years prior to its official discovery observation. [1]

    2004 PB112 reached perihelion on 5 October 2011 (JD 2455839.806). [2] It has been classified as a highly unusual 4:27 resonant trans-Neptunian object, [5] : 49  but also simply as a scattered disc object, [3] or SCATNEAR, respectively, by the Deep Ecliptic Survey. [4]

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered (184212) by the Minor Planet Center on 20 April 2008 ( M.P.C. 62608). [7] As of 2021, it has not been named. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    Based on a generic conversion from an absolute magnitude of 7.2, 2004 PB112 measures between 100 and 220 kilometer in diameter. [6] Johnston's Archive estimates a mean-diameter of 154 kilometers (96 miles) assuming a typical albedo of 0.09. [3]

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    References

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    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 184212 (2004 PB112)" (2008-10-30 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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