(90568) 2004 GV9

(90568) 2004 GV9
Discovery[1]
Discovered by NEAT
Discovery date 13 April 2004
Designations
MPC designation (90568) 2004 GV9
Cubewano (MPC)[2]
Extended (DES)[3]
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 22031 days (60.32 yr)
Aphelion 45.618 AU (6.8244 Tm)
Perihelion 38.7281 AU (5.79364 Tm)
42.173 AU (6.3090 Tm)
Eccentricity 0.081681
273.88 yr (100034 d)
34.6030°
0° 0m 12.956s / day
Inclination 21.9718°
250.6142°
293.200°
Earth MOID 37.7917 AU (5.65356 Tm)
Jupiter MOID 33.6786 AU (5.03825 Tm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 680±34[5]
5.86 h (0.244 d)
5.86 h[4]
0.077+0.0084
−0.0077[5]
B−V=0.95,
V−R=0.52[6]
B0−V0=0.843[7]
19.9[8]
4.25±0.04,[5] 4.0[4]

    (90568) 2004 GV9 (also written (90568) 2004 GV9) is a trans-Neptunian object that was discovered on April 13, 2004 by NEAT.[1] It is currently listed as a cubewano by the Minor Planet Center.[2]

    It is very likely a dwarf planet.[9] A diameter of 680±34 km has been calculated from combined observations of the Herschel and Spitzer space telescopes.[5] Light-curve-amplitude analysis shows only small deviations, suggesting that (90568) 2004 GV9 could be a spheroid with small albedo spots and hence a dwarf planet.[10]

    It has been observed forty-seven times, with precovery images back to 1954.[4]

    References

    1. 1 2 Spahr, Timothy B. (2004-04-14). "MPEC 2004-G32 : 2004 GV9". IAU Minor Planet Center. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
    2. 1 2 "MPEC 2009-R09 : Distant Minor Planets (2009 SEPT. 16.0 TT)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
    3. ↑ Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 90568" (2004-06-09 using 46 of 47 observations). SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2009-10-04.
    4. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 90568 (2004 GV9)" (2011-04-11 last obs). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 Vilenius, E.; Kiss, C.; Mommert, M.; et al. (2012). ""TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region VI. Herschel/PACS observations and thermal modeling of 19 classical Kuiper belt objects". Astronomy & Astrophysics 541: A94. arXiv:1204.0697. Bibcode:2012A&A...541A..94V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118743.
    6. ↑ Tegler, Stephen C. (2007-02-01). "Kuiper Belt Object Magnitudes and Surface Colors". Retrieved 2009-12-30.
    7. ↑ David L. Rabinowitz; Bradley E. Schaefer; Martha W. Schaefer; Suzanne W. Tourtellotte (2008). "The Youthful Appearance of the 2003 EL61 Collisional Family". arXiv:0804.2864.
    8. ↑ "AstDys (90568) 2004GV9 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
    9. ↑ Michael E. Brown. "How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system? (updates daily)". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
    10. ↑ Tancredi, G., & Favre, S. (2008) Which are the dwarfs in the Solar System?. Depto. Astronomía, Fac. Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay; Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos, MEC, Uruguay. Retrieved 10-08-2011

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