(145451) 2005 RM43

(145451) 2005 RM43
Hubble Space Telescope image of 2005 RN43 taken in 2008
Discovery[1]
Discovered byA. C. Becker
A. W. Puckett
J. M. Kubica
Discovery siteApache Point Obs.
Discovery date9 September 2005
Designations
(145451) 2005 RM43
SDO[2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc14983 days (41.02 yr)
Earliest precovery date17 November 1976
Aphelion144.140 AU (21.5630 Tm)
Perihelion35.079 AU (5.2477 Tm)
89.610 AU (13.4055 Tm)
Eccentricity0.60854
848.28 yr (309834 d)
6.19°
0° 0m 4.183s / day
Inclination28.819°
84.61°
318.10°
Physical characteristics
≈644 km (derived from occultation; 455 and 460 km measured)[3]
524+96
−103 km[4]
458 km (lower limit)[5]
Mean density
>0.56 g/cm3[2]
6.71 h (0.280 d)
0.102[4]
V–R=0.33±0.02 (neutral)[4]
B0−V0=0.590[6]
B-R=0.99[2]
20.4[7]
4.52±0.01[4]
4.4[1] · 4.8[8]

(145451) 2005 RM43 (provisional designation 2005 RM43) is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the scattered disc region beyond the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 9 September 2005, by American astronomers Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. It measures between approximately 500 and 650 kilometers in diameter.[2][8]

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