(278361) 2007 JJ₄₃

(278361) 2007 JJ₄₃
Discovery
Discovered by	Palomar Obs.
Discovery site	Palomar Obs.
Discovery date	14 May 2007
Designations
Alternative designations	2007 JJ43
Minor planet category	TNO · ScatNear
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 27 August 2011 (JD 2455800.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc	4813 days (13.18 yr)
Earliest precovery date	10 May 2002 (NEAT)
Aphelion	55.3707 AU
Perihelion	40.2776 AU
Semi-major axis	47.82 AU
Eccentricity	0.1578
Orbital period (sidereal)	330.74 a (120801 d)
Mean anomaly	331.84°
Inclination	12.0623°
Longitude of ascending node	272.493°
Time of perihelion	≈ 2 April 2037; ±6 days
Argument of perihelion	9.02°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	530 km (est. at 0.08); 457 km (est. at 0.135); 610+170; −140 km
Synodic rotation period	12.097 h; 6.04 h;
Geometric albedo	0.13
Apparent magnitude	20.8
Absolute magnitude (H)	3.2 (R-band); 4.5;

(268361) 2007 JJ₄₃ is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) orbiting the Sun near the outer edge of the Kuiper belt. Its discovery images were taken in 2007, and its absolute magnitude of 4.5 is one of the twenty brightest exhibited by TNOs. Assuming it has a typical albedo, this would make it roughly the same size as Ixion (about 530–620 km diameter). In a paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters András Pál and colleagues estimate a diameter for (278361) 2007 JJ₄₃ of 610+170
−140 km.^[7]

Observations by Brown in 2012, using the W. M. Keck Observatory, suggest that (278361) 2007 JJ₄₃ does not have a companion.^[10]

As of 2014^[update], it is about 41.3 AU from the Sun.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2007 JJ43 Retrieved: 2011-06-18
^ ^a ^b Wm. Robert Johnston (18 August 2020). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 278361". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
^ AstDys 2007 JJ₄₃ Summary Retrieved: 2012-02-03
^ JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)
^ Michael E. Brown. "How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system? (updates daily)". California Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pál, A.; et al. (2015). "Pushing the Limits: K2 Observations of the Trans-Neptunian Objects 2002 GV31 and (278361) 2007 JJ43". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 804 (2). L45. arXiv:1504.03671. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804L..45P. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/804/2/L45. S2CID 117489359.
^ ^a ^b "AstDys 2007 JJ₄₃ Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
^ A Southern Sky and Galactic Plane Survey for Bright Kuiper Belt Object
^ Plutokiller (2012-02-03). "2007 JJ43 doesn't have a big moon. There could be a small one hiding in there". Twitter. Retrieved 2012-02-03. (moonless)

External links

List of Transneptunian Objects, Minor Planet Center
(278361) 2007 JJ43 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

[jpldata-1] JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2007 JJ43 Retrieved: 2011-06-18

[johnston-2] Wm. Robert Johnston (18 August 2020). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[Buie-3] Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 278361". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2018-02-18.

[AstDys-4] AstDys 2007 JJ₄₃ Summary Retrieved: 2012-02-03

[perihelion-5] JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)

[Brown-dplist-6] Michael E. Brown. "How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system? (updates daily)". California Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-08-13.

[Pál2015-7] Pál, A.; et al. (2015). "Pushing the Limits: K2 Observations of the Trans-Neptunian Objects 2002 GV31 and (278361) 2007 JJ43". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 804 (2). L45. arXiv:1504.03671. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804L..45P. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/804/2/L45. S2CID 117489359.

[AstDyS-E-8] "AstDys 2007 JJ₄₃ Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 2012-02-03.

[SSGPsurvey-9] A Southern Sky and Galactic Plane Survey for Bright Kuiper Belt Object

[plutokiller-10] Plutokiller (2012-02-03). "2007 JJ43 doesn't have a big moon. There could be a small one hiding in there". Twitter. Retrieved 2012-02-03. (moonless)

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