(589683) 2010 RF43

(589683) 2010 RF43
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byD. L. Rabinowitz
M. Schwamb
S. Tourtellotte
Discovery siteLa Silla Obs.
Discovery date6 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 arc46.17 yr (~16,860 days)
Earliest precovery date19 August 1976[1]
Aphelion61.903 AU
Perihelion37.482 AU
49.692 AU
Eccentricity0.2457
350.30 yr (127,948 d)
97.520°
0° 0m 10.08s / day
Inclination30.638°
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]

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