(278361) 2007 JJ43

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(278361) 2007 JJ43
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Palomar Obs.
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date14 May 2007
Designations
2007 JJ43
TNO [1] [2]  ·ScatNear [3]
Orbital characteristics [4] [1]
Epoch 27 August 2011 (JD  2455800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 4813 days (13.18 yr)
Earliest precovery date10 May 2002 (NEAT)
Aphelion 55.3707  AU
Perihelion 40.2776 AU
47.82 AU
Eccentricity 0.1578
330.74  a (120801  d )
331.84°
Inclination 12.0623°
272.493°
≈ 2 April 2037 [5]
±6 days
9.02°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
530  km (est. at 0.08) [6]
457 km(est. at 0.135) [2]
610+170
−140
 km
[7]
0.13 [7]
20.8 [8]

(268361) 2007 JJ43 is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) orbiting the Sun near the outer edge of the Kuiper belt. Its discovery images were taken in 2007, and its absolute magnitude of 4.5 is one of the twenty brightest exhibited by TNOs. Assuming it has a typical albedo, this would make it roughly the same size as Ixion (about 530–620 km diameter). In a paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters András Pál and colleagues estimate a diameter for (278361) 2007 JJ43 of 610+170
−140
 km
. [7]

Contents

Observations by Brown in 2012, using the W. M. Keck Observatory, suggest that (278361) 2007 JJ43 does not have a companion. [10]

As of 2014, it is about 41.3  AU from the Sun. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2007 JJ43 Retrieved: 2011-06-18
  2. 1 2 Wm. Robert Johnston (18 August 2020). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 278361". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  4. AstDys 2007 JJ43 Summary Retrieved: 2012-02-03
  5. JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)
  6. Michael E. Brown. "How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system? (updates daily)". California Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Pál, A.; et al. (2015). "Pushing the Limits: K2 Observations of the Trans-Neptunian Objects 2002 GV31 and (278361) 2007 JJ43". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 804 (2). L45. arXiv: 1504.03671 . Bibcode:2015ApJ...804L..45P. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/804/2/L45. S2CID   117489359.
  8. 1 2 "AstDys 2007 JJ43 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  9. A Southern Sky and Galactic Plane Survey for Bright Kuiper Belt Object
  10. Plutokiller (2012-02-03). "2007 JJ43 doesn't have a big moon. There could be a small one hiding in there". Twitter . Retrieved 2012-02-03. (moonless)