(444030) 2004 NT33

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(444030) 2004 NT33
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Palomar team
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date13 July 2004
Designations
(444030) 2004 NT33
2004 NT33
TNO [1]  · cubewano [2]
Extended [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc 33.99 yr (12,415 days)
Earliest precovery date10 August 1982
Aphelion 50.014 AU
Perihelion 36.838 AU
43.426 AU
Eccentricity 0.1517
286.18 yr (104,527 days)
41.709°
0° 0m 12.24s / day
Inclination 31.231°
240.87°
37.400°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 423+87
−80 km [4]
482.53 km (calculated) [5]
513 km (estimated) [6]
7.87±0.05 h [2]
0.08 [6]
0.10 (assumed) [5]
0.125 [4]
C [5]
20.94 [7]
4.4 [2]  ·4.7 [1] [5]  ·4.9 [6]

    (444030) 2004 NT33 is a classical trans-Neptunian object and possible dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 450 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 July 2004, by astronomers at Palomar Observatory, California, United States. [8]

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    Orbit and classification

    2004 NT33 is a "cubewano", a classical, low-eccentricity object in the Kuiper belt, that orbits the Sun at a distance of 36.8–50.0  AU once every 286 years and 2 months (104,527 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 31° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] It is currently 39 AU from the Sun. [7]

    A first precovery was taken at the Siding Spring Observatory in 1982, extending the body's observation arc by 22 years prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar. [8]

    Physical characteristics

    Rotation period

    In 2009, astronomers obtained a rotational lightcurve of 2004 NT33 from photometric observations, which were taken at the Galileo National Telescope (TNG) on the island of La Palma, and at the Sierra Nevada Observatory in Granada, both located in Spain. The ambiguous lightcurve gave a rotation period of 7.87 hours with a low brightness amplitude of 0.04 magnitude ( U=1 ). [2]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the "TNOs are Cool" survey, using observations from the space-based Herschel and Spitzer telescopes, 2004 NT33 measures 423 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a visual geometric albedo of 0.125, [4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.10 and calculates a diameter of 482.53 kilometers with on an absolute magnitude of 4.7. [5]

    Naming

    As of 2017, this minor planet remains unnamed. [8]

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