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(470308) 2007 JH43

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(470308) 2007 JH43 (provisional designation 2007 JH43) is a trans-Neptunian object in the outer regions of the Solar System, approximately 500 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 May 2007, by the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California. The team of unaccredited astronomers at Palomar consisted of Megan E. Schwamb, Michael E. Brown and David L. Rabinowitz[2]

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The minor planet orbits the Sun at a distance of 38.6–40.6 AU once every 249 years and 1 month (90,983 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.02 and an inclination of 18° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at the Australian Siding Spring Observatory during the Digitized Sky Survey in March 1984, extending the body's observation arc by 23 years prior to its discovery observation.[2] It came to perihelion around 1888.[1]

Orbital classification

The Minor Planet Center lists 2007 JH43 as a trans-Neptunian object or a distant object in the Kuiper belt.[2][7] The Deep Ecliptic Survey currently shows it as a scattered object, based on a 10-million-year integration of the orbit.[3]

Rotating frame animation of 2007 JH43's orbit (red) compared to Pluto (grey), with Neptune kept stationary

References

  1. [1]
    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 470308 (2007 JH43)" (2015-07-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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    "470308 (2007 JH43)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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    Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 470308". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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    Wm. Robert Johnston (24 March 2015). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
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    "LCDB Data for (470308)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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    Benecchi, Susan D.; Sheppard, Scott S. (May 2013). "Light Curves of 32 Large Transneptunian Objects". The Astronomical Journal. 145 (5): 19. arXiv:1301.5791. Bibcode:2013AJ....145..124B. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/5/124. S2CID 54183985. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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    "MPEC 2010-S44 : DISTANT MINOR PLANETS (2010 OCT. 11.0 TT)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
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