(48639) 1995 TL8

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(48639) 1995 TL8
1995TL8-satellite-discovery.jpg
1995 TL8 and its satellite (unresolved) imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Discovery [1] [2]
Discovered by A. Gleason (Spacewatch)
Discovery site Kitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date15 October 1995
Designations
(48639) 1995 TL8
1995 TL8
TNO [1]  ·Other TNO [3]
detached [4]  · distant [2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 17 December 2020 (JD 2459200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 25.26 yr (9,225 days)
Aphelion 65.218 AU
Perihelion 39.937 AU
52.578 AU
Eccentricity 0.2404
381.25 yr (139,251 days)
46.972°
0° 0m 9.36s / day
Inclination 0.2499°
260.007°
84.397°
Known satellites 1 (D: 80 km) [5]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions176 km [5]
420.27 km (calculated) [6]
495 km (estimated) [7]
0.07 (estimated) [7]
0.10 (assumed) [6]
0.369 [5]
RR [8]  · C (assumed) [6]
4.667±0.091(R) [9]  ·4.8 [1] [6]  ·5.1 [7]  ·5.290±0.060 [lower-alpha 1]

    (48639) 1995 TL8 is a binary trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc in the outermost regions of the Solar System. It was discovered by Arianna Gleason in 1995 and measures approximately 176 kilometers in diameter. Its 80-kilometer minor-planet moon, provisionally designated S/2002 (48639) 1, was discovered on 9 November 2002. [5]

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    Discovery

    1995 TL8 was discovered on 15 October 1995, by American astronomer Arianna Gleason as part of UA's Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona. [2]

    It was the first of the bodies presently classified as a scattered-disc object (SDO) [3] [ failed verification ] to be discovered, preceding the SDO prototype (15874) 1996 TL66 by almost a year.[ citation needed ]

    Satellite

    Animation of two Hubble images of 1995 TL8's satellite in August 2001 1995TL8.gif
    Animation of two Hubble images of 1995 TL8's satellite in August 2001

    A companion was discovered by Denise C. Stephens and Keith S. Noll, from observations with the Hubble Space Telescope taken on 9 November 2002, and announced on 5 October 2005. The satellite, designated S/2002 (48639) 1, is relatively large, having a likely mass of about 10% of the primary. Its orbit has not been determined, but it was at a separation of only about 420 kilometres (260 mi) to the primary at the time of discovery, with a possible orbital period of about half a day and an estimated diameter of 161 kilometres (100 mi). [5]

    A relative size and distance comparison of the 1995 TL8 system with the Earth-Moon system. The scale of the Earth-Moon system has been reduced so Earth appears the same size as the 1995 TL8 primary. 1995 TL8 binary-earth comparison.jpg
    A relative size and distance comparison of the 1995 TL8 system with the Earth–Moon system. The scale of the Earth–Moon system has been reduced so Earth appears the same size as the 1995 TL8 primary.

    Scattered–extended object

    1995 TL8 is classified as detached object (scattered–extended) by the Deep Ecliptic Survey, since its orbit appears to be beyond significant gravitational interactions with Neptune's current orbit. [4] However, if Neptune migrated outward, there would have been a period when Neptune had a higher eccentricity.

    Simulations made in 2007 show that 1995 TL8 appears to have less than a 1% chance of being in a 3:7 resonance with Neptune, but it does execute circulations near this resonance. [10]

    1995 TL8 AnimLong.gif
    1995TL8 Orbital Period.jpg
    Left: The near 3:7 resonance pattern of 1995 TL8 with Neptune only moves clockwise. It never halts and reverses course (i.e. librates).
    Right: The orbital period of 1995 TL8 missing the 7:3 (2.333) resonance of Neptune

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 20 November 2002. [11] As of 2018, it has not been named. [2]

    See also

    Notes

    1. ↑ Lellouch (2013): observations on 11 February 2011 gave an absolute magnitude of 5.290±0.060. Summary figures for (48639) at LCDB not found at ADS (2013A&A...557...60L)

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