(523731) 2014 OK394

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(523731) 2014 OK394
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Pan-STARRS 1
Discovery site Haleakalā Obs.
Discovery date8 October 2010
Designations
1995 SN55 [2]
2014 OK394
3:5 resonant [3]  · TNO [4]  · distant [2]
Orbital characteristics [4]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 25.14 yr (9,181 days)
Earliest precovery date20 September 1995 (Spacewatch) [5]
Aphelion 49.153 AU
Perihelion 35.351 AU
42.252 AU
Eccentricity 0.16333
274.65 yr
30.889°
0° 0m 12.919s / day
Inclination 4.140°
128.384°
≈ 4 January 1997 [6]
247.580°
Physical characteristics
160–280 km (est. 0.08–0.20) [7] [8]
6.2 [2] [4]

    (523731) 2014 OK394 (provisional designation 1995 SN55) is a trans-Neptunian object that orbits in the outer Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune. First observed as 1995 SN55 by Spacewatch on 20 September 1995, it was a lost minor planet with an insufficiently defined orbit with only 36 days of observations. [9] On 8 October 2010, it was rediscovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey and later announced as 2014 OK394 in July 2016. [1] It was not until November 2020 when amateur astronomers S. Deen and K. Ly identified 2014 OK394 and 1995 SN55 as the same object. [10] This identification was confirmed and announced by the Minor Planet Center in January 2021. [11]

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    Once thought to be a centaur crossing the orbits of the gas giants, [9] 1995 SN55 is now known to be a trans-Neptunian object in a 3:5 orbital resonance with Neptune. [4] With an estimated diameter between 160–280 kilometers (99–170 miles), it was formerly considered one of the largest centaurs. [7] [12] [13]

    Observations

    First observation and loss

    1995 SN55 was near perihelion 35.4  AU from the Sun when it was first observed in 1995, by astronomers Nichole Danzl and Arianna Gleason of the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona, United States. [5] It was only observed 14 times over 36 days, from 20 September to 26 October 1995. [9] The discovery observations of 1995 SN55 were published and announced by the Minor Planet Center on 11 June 1999. [5] By 2020 the 3-sigma uncertainty in the heliocentric distance to the original orbit solution for 1995 SN55 was approximately ±20 AU (3.0 billion km).[ citation needed ]

    Recovery

    On 30 November 2020, amateur astronomers S. Deen and K. Ly identified 1995 SN55 as the 3:5 resonant trans-Neptunian object (523731) 2014 OK394, which was discovered by Pan-STARRS 1 in 2010. [10] The identification was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 January 2021. [11]

    Classification and orbit

    2014 OK394 orbits the Sun at an average distance of 42.33  AU once every 275 years. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic plane. Over the course of its orbit, its distance from the Sun ranges from 35.4 AU at perihelion to 49.3 AU at aphelion. 2014 OK394 is in a 3:5 mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune; for every three orbits it makes, Neptune orbits five times. [3] Its orbit has a minimum orbit intersection distance approximately 5.6 AU (840 million km; 520 million mi) from Neptune's orbital path. [4]

    Numbering and naming

    2014 OK394 was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 and received the number 523731 in the minor planet catalog. [14] The alternate provisional designation 1995 SN55 was given by the Minor Planet Center on 27 January 2021 after the two objects were linked. [11] As of 2021, it has not been named. [2]

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