2000 DG8
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | MIT Lincoln Laboratory[1] |
| Discovery date | 25 February 2000[1] |
| Designations | |
| Damocloid centaur | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
| Aphelion | 19.308 AU (2.8884 Tm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2212 AU (332.29 Gm) |
| 10.765 AU (1.6104 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.79366 |
| 35.32 yr (12901 d) | |
| 152.82° | |
| 0° 1m 40.462s /day | |
| Inclination | 129.42° |
| 279.19° | |
| 222.26° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.3714 AU (205.16 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.85135 AU (276.958 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~15.6 kilometers (10 mi)[2] |
Mean radius | 7.8 ± 1.3 km |
| 0.053 ± 0.017[2] | |
| 13.1[2] | |
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2000 DG8 is a damocloid centaur[2] discovered by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory on 25 February 2000.[1] It is one of about 60 known minor planets with a retrograde orbit around the Sun.[3][4] It was last observed in 2001 when it came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun),[2] and will next come to perihelion in April 2036. Given the comet-like orbit and low albedo it may be a dormant comet.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Seiichi Yoshida. "2000 DG8". MISAO. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser – 2000 DG8". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ Fernández; Sheppard & Jewitt (1 June 2001). "Low Albedos Among Extinct Comet Candidates". The Astrophysical Journal (553). arXiv:astro-ph/0104478. Bibcode:2001ApJ...553L.197F. doi:10.1086/320689. ISSN 1538-4357. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: Asteroids and i > 90 (deg)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
External links
- 2000 DG8 at the JPL Small-Body Database
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