Discovery[1][2] | |
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Discovered by | D. L. Rabinowitz M. Schwamb S. Tourtellotte |
Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
Discovery date | 6 September 2010 |
Designations | |
(589683) 2010 RF43 | |
2010 RF43 | |
TNO[3][4] · SDO[5] · distant[1] | |
Orbital characteristics[3] | |
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 2 | |
Observation arc | 46.17 yr (~16,860 days) |
Earliest precovery date | 19 August 1976[1] |
Aphelion | 61.903 AU |
Perihelion | 37.482 AU |
49.692 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2457 |
350.30 yr (127,948 d) | |
97.520° | |
0° 0m 10.08s / day | |
Inclination | 30.638° |
25.320° | |
193.480° | |
Physical characteristics | |
636 km (estimate)[6] 643 km (estimate)[7] ≈770 km (estimate)[4] | |
0.09 (assumed)[4] 0.10 (assumed)[6] 0.11 (assumed)[7] | |
3.9[3] · 4.0[7] · 4.1[6] | |
(589683) 2010 RF43 (provisional designation 2010 RF43) is a large trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the scattered disc in the outermost regions of the Solar System. The object was discovered on 9 September 2010, by American astronomers David Rabinowitz, Megan Schwamb and Suzanne Tourtellotte at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.[1]
MPC-object
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).MPC-CEN-SDO-list
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).jpldata
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).johnstonsarchive-TNO-list
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Buie
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).lcdb
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Brown-dplist
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).