42355 Typhon

42355 Typhon
Discovery
Discovered by NEAT
Discovery date 5 February 2002
Designations
Named after
Typhon
2002 CR46

Scattered disc[1][2]
Centaur[3]

7:10 resonance
Adjectives Typhonean, Typhonian
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 9563 days (26.18 yr)
Aphelion 58.982252 AU (8.8236193 Tm)
Perihelion 17.545721 AU (2.6248025 Tm)
38.263987 AU (5.7242110 Tm)
Eccentricity 0.5414560
236.70 yr (86453.7 d)
14.61898075°
 0m 14.991s / day
Inclination 2.4252078°
351.9098598°
159.3215723°
Earth MOID 16.557 AU (2.4769 Tm)
Jupiter MOID 12.1588 AU (1.81893 Tm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 4.692
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 162±7 km[4]
134±13 km
5 h (0.21 d)
0.044±0.003[4]
0.10±0.02
B−V=0.74±0.02 V−R=0.52±0.01
7.5

    42355 Typhon (/ˈtfɒn/; from Greek: Τυφών) is a scattered disc object that was discovered on February 5, 2002, by the NEAT program. It measures 162±7 km in diameter, and is named after Typhon, a monster in Greek mythology.

    A large moon was identified in 2006. It is named Echidna—formal designation (42355) Typhon I Echidna, /ˈkɪdnə/, from Greek: Έχιδνα—after Echidna, the monstrous mate of Typhon. It orbits Typhon at ~1300 km, completing one orbit in about 11 days. Its diameter is estimated to be 89±6 km. Typhon is the first known binary centaur,[5] using an extended definition of a centaur as an object on a non-resonant (unstable) orbit with the perihelion inside the orbit of Neptune.[6]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (42355 Typhon)" (2008-03-14 last obs). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    2. "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
    3. (42355) Typhon and Echidna
    4. 1 2 Santos-Sanz, P., Lellouch, E., Fornasier, S., Kiss, C., Pal, A., Müller, T. G., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Mommert, M., Delsanti, A., Mueller, M., Peixinho, N., Henry, F., Ortiz, J. L., Thirouin, A., Protopapa, S., Duffard, R., Szalai, N., Lim, T., Ejeta, C., Hartogh, P., Harris, A. W., & Rengel, M. (2012). “TNOs are Cool”: A Survey of the Transneptunian Region IV - Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel Space Observatory-PACS
    5. K. Noll; H. Levison; W. Grundy; D. Stephens (October 2006). "Discovery of a binary Centaur". Icarus 184 (2): 611. arXiv:astro-ph/0605606. Bibcode:2006Icar..184..611N. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.010.
    6. J. L. Elliot; S. D. Kern; K. B. Clancy; A. A. S. Gulbis; R. L. Millis; M. W. Buie; et al. (February 2005). "The Deep Ecliptic Survey: A Search for Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs. II. Dynamical Classification, the Kuiper Belt Plane, and the Core Population" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal 129 (2): 1117. Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1117E. doi:10.1086/427395.

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