(418993) 2009 MS9

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(418993) 2009 MS9
Discovery [1] [2]
Discovered by CFHT (568)
Discovery date25 June 2009
Designations
(418993) 2009 MS9
Centaur (DES) [3]
Orbital characteristics [4]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 2352 days (6.44 yr)
Aphelion 696 AU (barycentric 2050) [a]
684 AU
Perihelion 11.002 AU (1.6459 Tm)
353 AU (barycentric 2050) [a]
347.6 AU
Eccentricity 0.96835
6481.05 yr (2367202 d)
0.16189°
0° 0m 0.547s / day
Inclination 68.056°
220.226°
128.675°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 30–60 km [5]
21 [6]
9.9 [4]

    (418993) 2009 MS9, provisionally known as 2009 MS9, is a centaur roughly 30–60 km in diameter. It has a highly inclined orbit and a barycentric semi-major axis (average distance from the Sun) of ~353  AU. [a]

    Contents

    2009 MS9 has a well determined orbit and has been assigned a minor planet number. Objects such 2009 MS9 may be the origin of Halley-type comets. [2]

    It came to perihelion in February 2013 at a distance of 11 AU from the Sun (outside the orbit of Saturn). [4] As of 2016, it is 12 AU from the Sun. [6]

    It will not be 50 AU from the Sun until 2047. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, 2009 MS9 will have a barycentric aphelion of 696 AU with an orbital period of 6640 years.

    In a 10 million year integration of the orbit, the nominal (best-fit) orbit and both 3-sigma clones remain outside 8.3AU (qmin) from the Sun. [3]

    Orbital evolution
    EpochBarycentric
    Aphelion (Q)
    (AU)    		Orbital
    period
    yr
    19506946610
    20506966640

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Given the orbital eccentricity of this object, different epochs can generate quite different heliocentric unperturbed two-body best-fit solutions to the semi-major axis and orbital period. For objects at such high eccentricity, the Sun's barycentric coordinates are more stable than heliocentric coordinates. Using JPL Horizons, the barycentric semi-major axis is approximately 353 AU. [7]

    References

    1. ↑ "MPEC 2009-S59 : 2009 MS9". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2009-09-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11. (K09M09S)
    2. 1 2 Parker, Joel; Jones, Lynne; Petit, Jean-Marc; Rousselot, Philippe (2010). "Scrutinizing the Extreme TNO 2009 MS9". National Optical Astronomy Observatory: 285. Bibcode:2010noao.prop..285P.
    3. 1 2 Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 418993". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2016-02-11.
    4. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 418993 (2009 MS9)" (last observation: 2015-12-03; arc: 6.44 yr). Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 8 April 2016.
    5. ↑ "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 2001-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
    6. 1 2 "AstDyS (418993) 2009MS9 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
    7. ↑ Horizons output. "Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for 2009 MS9" . Retrieved 2016-02-11. (Solution using the Solar System Barycenter and barycentric coordinates. Select Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0)
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