(556416) 2014 OE394

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(556416) 2014 OE394
Discovery
Discovered by Pan-STARRS (F51)
Discovery site F51, Haleakala Observatory
Discovery date28 July 2014
Designations
Classical Kuiper belt object [1]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 1452 days (5 oppositions)
Aphelion 51.976 AU
Perihelion 40.805 ± 0.002 AU
46.391 AU
Eccentricity 0.12040 ± 0.00005
316 years
70.25469°
Inclination 3.93206 ± 0.00008°
308.87986 ± 0.0004°
259.35897 ± 0.008°
Known satellites 0
Physical characteristics
280-540 km [2]
240-730 km [3]
4.74 [4]

    (556416) 2014 OE394 (provisional designation 2014 OE394) is a classical Kuiper belt object that was discovered in July 2014 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope, and announced on 17 July 2016. [5] It is one of the brighter trans-Neptunian objects, being the 34th brightest cubewano as of 23 July 2016. Its exact size is unknown, but it is most likely between 240 and 730 kilometers across. [3]

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    2014 OE394 was observed by the New Horizons probe in September 2017 and August 2018. It passed close by: [6] about 8.7 AU away on 1 January 2017, and 7.5 AU on 1 January 2019.

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    References

    1. ↑ Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 14OE394". SwRI (Space Science Department). Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
    2. 1 2 "IAU Minor Planet Center - 2014 OE394". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
    3. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
    4. ↑ "IAU Minor Planet Center".
    5. ↑ "MPEC 2016-O95 : 2014 OE394". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
    6. ↑ Verbiscer, Anne J.; Helfenstein, Paul; Porter, Simon B.; Benecchi, Susan D.; Kavelaars, J. J.; Lauer, Tod R.; et al. (April 2022). "The Diverse Shapes of Dwarf Planet and Large KBO Phase Curves Observed from New Horizons". The Planetary Science Journal. 3 (4): 31. Bibcode:2022PSJ.....3...95V. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ac63a6 . 95.
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