66652 Borasisi

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66652 Borasisi
Borasisi-pabu hst.jpg
Borasisi and its companion Pabu imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003
Discovery
Discovered by A. Trujillo, J. Luu and D. Jewitt
Discovery date8 September 1999
Designations
(66652) Borasisi
Pronunciation /bɒrəˈsiːsi/
1999 RZ253
trans-Neptunian object
cubewano [1] [2]
SCATNEAR(?) [3]
Orbital characteristics [4]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc 4790 days (13.11 yr)
Aphelion 47.291  AU (7.0746  Tm)
Perihelion 39.819 AU (5.9568 Tm)
43.555 AU (6.5157 Tm)
Eccentricity 0.085781
287.45 yr (104991 d)
60.025°
0.0034289°/day
Inclination 0.56319°
84.722°
194.98°
Known satellites Pabu /ˈpɑːbuː/
(137 km in diameter?) [5]
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
163+33
−66  km (combined)
126+25
−51 km (primary)
105+20
−42 km (secondary) [6]
Mass (3.433±0.027)×1018  kg [7]
Mean density
2.1+2.6
−1.2 g/cm3 [6]
6.4±1.0  h [6]
0.236+0.438
−0.77 [6]
V−R= 0.646 ± 0.058 [6]
6.121 ± 0.070, [6] 5.9 [4]

    66652 Borasisi, or as a binary (66652) Borasisi-Pabu, [7] is a binary classical Kuiper belt object. It was discovered in September 1999 by Chad Trujillo, Jane X. Luu and David C. Jewitt [4] and identified as a binary in 2003 by K. Noll and colleagues [4] using the Hubble Space Telescope.

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    Binary

    Schematic illustration of two bodies with similar mass orbiting around a common barycenter (red cross) with elliptic orbits. Borasisi and Pabu interact similarly. Orbit5.gif
    Schematic illustration of two bodies with similar mass orbiting around a common barycenter (red cross) with elliptic orbits. Borasisi and Pabu interact similarly.

    In 2003 it was discovered that 66652 Borasisi is a binary with the components of comparable size (about 100–130 km) orbiting the barycentre on a moderately elliptical orbit. [6] [8] The total system mass is about 3.4 × 1018 kg. [7]

    The companion (66652) Borasisi I, named Pabu, orbits its primary in 46.2888 ± 0.0018 days on an orbit with semi-major axis of 4528 ± 12 km and eccentricity 0.4700 ± 0.0018. The orbit is inclined with respect to the observer by about 54° meaning that is about 35° from the pole-on position. [7]

    Physical properties

    The surface of both components of the Borasisi–Pabu system is very red. [6]

    Naming

    Borasisi is named after a fictional creation deity taken from the novel Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. [9] In the book, Borasisi is the Sun and Pabu is the name of the Moon: [10]

    Borasisi, the sun, held Pabu, the moon, in his arms and hoped that Pabu would bear him a fiery child. But poor Pabu gave birth to children that were cold, that did not burn... Then poor Pabu herself was cast away, and she went to live with her favorite child, which was Earth.

    Exploration

    Around 2005, Borasisi was considered as a target for the proposed New Horizons 2 after a Triton/Neptune flyby. [11]

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    References

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    2. ↑ (66652) Borasisi = 1999 RZ253 Orbit
    3. ↑ Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 66652" (using 47 observations, last obs 2012-10-18). SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 4 October 2009.
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    5. ↑ Wm. Robert Johnston (25 November 2008). "(66652) Borasisi". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
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    9. ↑ Michael E. Brown, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming . ch. 11 "Planet or Not"
    10. ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser
    11. ↑ Final Report of the New Horizons II Review Panel
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