(336756) 2010 NV1

(336756) 2010 NV1
Discovery[1]
Discovered by WISE (C51)
Discovery date 1 July 2010
Designations
MPC designation (336756) 2010 NV1
Centaur[2]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 2016-Jan-13
(Uncertainty=1)[3]
Observation arc 5.87 yr
Aphelion 563 AU (barycentric 2050)[lower-alpha 1]
636 AU (Q)
Perihelion 9.410 AU (q)
286 AU (barycentric 2050)[lower-alpha 1]
323.0 AU (a)
Eccentricity 0.97087
4830 yr (barycentric)
5806 yr (heliocentric)
0.31505° (M)
Inclination 140.81°
136.20°
132.89°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 20–45 km[4]
22[5]
10.6[3]

    (336756) 2010 NV1, provisionally known as 2010 NV1, is a centaur roughly 20–45 km in diameter. It is on a retrograde cometary orbit. It has a barycentric semi-major axis (average distance from the Sun) of ~286 AU.[lower-alpha 1]

    2010 NV1 has a well determined orbit and has been assigned a minor planet number.

    It came to perihelion in December 2010 at a distance of 9.4 AU from the Sun.[3] As of 2016, it is 14 AU from the Sun.[5]

    It will not be 50 AU from the Sun until late 2044. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, 2010 NV1 will have a barycentric aphelion of 563 AU with an orbital period of 4830 years.

    In a 10 million year integration of the orbit, the nominal (best-fit) orbit and both 3-sigma clones remain outside 7.7AU (qmin) from the Sun.[2]

    Orbital evolution
    Epoch Barycentric
    Aphelion (Q)
    (AU)
    Orbital
    period
    yr
    1950 561 4820
    2050 563 4830

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Given the orbital eccentricity of this object, different epochs can generate quite different heliocentric unperturbed two-body best-fit solutions to the semi-major axis and orbital period. For objects at such high eccentricity, the Sun's barycentric coordinates are more stable than heliocentric coordinates. Using JPL Horizons, the barycentric semi-major axis is approximately 286 AU.[6]

    References

    1. "MPEC 2010-N54 : 2010 NV1". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2016-02-18. (K10N01V)
    2. 1 2 Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 336756". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2016-02-18.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 336756 (2010 NV1)" (last observation: 2015-08-12; arc: 5.87 yr). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
    4. "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
    5. 1 2 "AstDyS (418993) 2010NV1 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
    6. Horizons output. "Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for 2010 NV1". Retrieved 2016-02-18. (Solution using the Solar System Barycenter and barycentric coordinates. Select Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0)

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