10370 Hylonome

10370 Hylonome
Hubble Space Telescope image of Hylonome taken in 2009
Discovery[1]
Discovered byD. C. Jewitt
J. X. Luu
Discovery siteMauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date27 February 1995
Designations
(10370) Hylonome
Pronunciation/haɪˈlɒnəmiː/[2]
Named after
Ὑλονόμη Hylonomē
(Greek mythology)[3]
1995 DW2
centaur[4] · distant[1]
Neptune-crosser
Uranus-grazer
Symbol (astrological)
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc15.27 yr (5,576 days)
Aphelion31.393 AU
Perihelion18.910 AU
25.152 AU
Eccentricity0.2482
126.14 yr (46,073 days)
63.271°
0° 0m 28.08s / day
Inclination4.1443°
178.08°
7.0279°
Jupiter MOID13.4570 AU
TJupiter4.4550
Physical characteristics
70±20 km[5]
74±16 km[6]
0.051±0.030[6]
BR (intermed. blue-red)[7][8]
8.6[4] · 9.08±0.04 (R)[9] · 9.250±0.131 (R)[10] · 9.35[7][11] · 9.51±0.08[6] · 9.53[12][13]

10370 Hylonome (/haɪˈlɒnəmiː/; prov. designation: 1995 DW2) is a minor planet orbiting in the outer Solar System. The dark and icy body belongs to the class of centaurs and measures approximately 72 kilometers (45 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 27 February 1995, by English astronomer David C. Jewitt and Vietnamese American astronomer Jane Luu at the U.S. Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, and later named after the mythological creature Hylonome.[3][1]

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