(612533)_2002_XV93

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(612533) 2002 XV93

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(612533) 2002 XV93 (provisional designation 2002 XV93) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with an absolute magnitude of 5.4.[5] A 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune makes it a plutino.[2]

Quick Facts Discovery, Discovered by ...

It has been observed with precovery images back to 1990.[3]

Orbit and rotation

Precovery image of 2003 XV93 taken by the Palomar Observatory in 1992[8]

2002 XV93 is locked in 2:3 resonance with Neptune, which means that when it makes two revolutions around the Sun, Neptune makes exactly three.[2]

The rotation period of this object is not known.

Physical characteristics

The size of 2002 XV93 has been measured by the Herschel Space Telescope to be 549.2+21.7
−23.0 km.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Transneptunian Objects". IAU Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. [2]
    "MPEC 2010-O39 :Distant Minor Planets (12 August 2010.0 TT)". Minor Planet Center & Tamkin Foundation Computer Network. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. [3]
    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2002 XV93" (2008-10-23 last obs). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)
  5. [5]
    Mommert, Michael; Harris, A. W.; Kiss, C.; Pál, A.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Stansberry, J.; Delsanti, A.; Vilenius, E.; Müller, T. G.; Peixinho, N.; Lellouch, E.; Szalai, N.; Henry, F.; Duffard, R.; Fornasier, S.; Hartogh, P.; Mueller, M.; Ortiz, J. L.; Protopapa, S.; Rengel, M.; Thirouin, A. (May 2012). "TNOs are cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region—V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel-PACS observations". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 541: A93. arXiv:1202.3657. Bibcode:2012A&A...541A..93M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118562.
  6. [6]
    "AstDys 2002XV93 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  7. [7]
    Tegler, Stephen C. (1 February 2007). "Kuiper Belt Object Magnitudes and Surface Colors". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  8. [8]
    Lowe, Andrew. "2002 XV93 Precovery Images". andrew-lowe.ca.
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