(24835) 1995 SM55

(24835) 1995 SM55
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byN. Danzl
Discovery siteSpacewatch
Kitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date19 September 1995
Designations
(24835) 1995 SM55
1995 SM55
TNO[1] · Haumea[3] · cubewano[4][5]
Scat-Ext[6] · distant[2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc34.29 yr (12,523 days)
Aphelion45.870 AU
Perihelion37.386 AU
41.628 AU
Eccentricity0.1019
268.59 yr (98,101 days)
329.45°
0° 0m 13.32s / day
Inclination27.096°
21.109°
≈ 7 June 2040[7]
±5 days
72.600°
Physical characteristics
173 km (estimate)[3]
519.43 km (derived)[8]
610 km (Haumea-derived)[9]
701 km[4]
704 km (upper limit)[10][11]
8.08±0.02 h[12]
8.08±0.03 h[13]
0.7 (Haumea-derived)[3]
0.040[4]
0.067 (at least)[10]
0.10 (assumed)[8]
BBb (suspected)[14] · C[8]
(Neutral)
B–V = 0.65[8]
V−R = 0.37[8]
V−I = 0.710[8]
4.30±0.02 (R)[15]
4.352±0.040 (R)[16]
4.490±0.030[17]
4.54[8][18] · 4.6[1] · 4.9[3]

(24835) 1995 SM55 (provisional designation 1995 SM55) is a trans-Neptunian object and member of the Haumea family that resides in the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 19 September 1995, by American astronomer Nichole Danzl of the Spacewatch program at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.[2] It measures approximately 200 kilometers in diameter and was the second-brightest known object in the Kuiper belt, after Pluto, until 1996 TO66 was discovered.

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