2004 UP10
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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Deep Ecliptic Survey |
| Discovery date | 2004[1] |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | MPO157352 |
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Trojan asteroid |
| Epoch 2011-Aug-27.0 (JD 2455800.5) | |
| Aphelion | 31.29 AU |
| Perihelion | 29.34 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 30.32 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0323 |
| Orbital period | 166.93 yr (60972 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 345° |
| Inclination | 1.429° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 34.83° |
| Argument of perihelion | 0.9° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.8 |
2004 UP10 (also written 2004 UP10) is a Neptune trojan discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo in 2004. It was the second such body to be discovered. It has the same orbital period as Neptune and orbits at the L4 Lagrangian point about 60 degrees ahead of Neptune.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2004 UP10)". 2006-11-13 last obs. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2004UP10. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ^ AstDys Retrieved 2011-09-01
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