(87269) 2000 OO67

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(87269) 2000 OO67
Discovery
Discovered byCerro Tololo Obs.
Discovery siteCerro Tololo Obs.
Discovery date29 July 2000
Designations
2000 OO67
TNO[1] · centaur (DES)[2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc2187 days (5.99 yr)
Earliest precovery date29 July 2000
Aphelion1,041.743 AU (155.8425 Tm)
Perihelion20.7305754 AU (3.10124994 Tm)
531.2369251 AU (79.47191283 Tm)
Eccentricity0.9609768
11760.29 yr (4295446.2 d)
0.88 km/s
0.328967°
0° 0m 0.302s / day
Inclination20.0729°
142.391°
212.345°
Uranus MOID1.82 AU (0.272 Tm)[3]
TJupiter5.265
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
64 km (est. at 0.09)[4]
Temperature~12 K
9.2[1]

(87269) 2000 OO67 (provisional designation 2000 OO67) is a trans-Neptunian object, approximately 64 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter, on a highly eccentric orbit in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered by astronomers at the Chilean Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory on 29 July 2000.

Celestia distant object orbits

Description[edit]

At aphelion it is over 1,000 AU from the Sun and, with a perihelion of 21 AU, almost crosses the orbit of Uranus at closest approach. Astronomers with the Deep Ecliptic Survey classify it as a centaur rather than a trans-Neptunian object.[2][5] 2000 OO67 came to perihelion in April 2005.[2][1][6] Both 2000 OO67 and 2006 SQ372 are calculated to take longer than Sedna to orbit the Sun using either heliocentric coordinates or barycentric coordinates.

Comparison[edit]

The orbits of Sedna, 2012 VP113, Leleākūhonua, and other very distant objects along with the predicted orbit of Planet Nine. The three sednoids (pink) along with the red-colored extreme trans-Neptunian object (eTNO) orbits are suspected to be aligned with the hypothetical Planet Nine while the blue-colored eTNO orbits are anti-aligned. The highly elongated orbits colored brown include centaurs and damocloids with large aphelion distances over 200 AU.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 87269 (2000 OO67)" (2006-07-25 last obs). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 87269" (2006-07-25 using 33 of 34 obs). Deep Ecliptic Survey. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  3. ^ "(87269) = 2000 OO67". IAU minor planet center. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ^ "Asteroid Size Estimator". CNEOS NASA/JPL. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ Emel’yanenko, V.V. (2006). "Structure and Dynamics of the Centaur Population: Constraints on the Origin of Short-Period Comets". Earth, Moon, and Planets. 97 (3–4): 341–351. doi:10.1007/s11038-006-9095-5. S2CID 122072238.
  6. ^ Yeomans, Donald K. "Horizons Online Ephemeris System". California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2008-01-25.

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