1999 OJ4
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Orbit of 1999 OJ4 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Mauna Kea Observatory |
| Discovery date | July 18, 1999 |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2][3] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
| Observation arc | 3363 days (9.21 yr) |
| Aphelion | 38.8091477 AU (5.80576586 Tm) |
| Perihelion | 36.9475497 AU (5.52727476 Tm) |
| 37.8783487 AU (5.66652031 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.024573378 |
| 233.13 yr (85150.1 d) | |
| 274.652461° | |
| 0° 0m 15.22s /day | |
| Inclination | 4.00493625° |
| 127.539040° | |
| 300.759535° | |
| Known satellites | 1 |
| Earth MOID | 35.9627 AU (5.37994 Tm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 31.8742 AU (4.76831 Tm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 75 km (47 mi) |
| 0.21 (geometric)[1][4] | |
| Temperature | 43 K (-230°C) |
| 7.1[2] | |
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1999 OJ4 is a fairly small cubewano that orbits in a nearly circular orbit. It is orbited by S/2005 (1999 OJ4) 1, a moon just 3 kilometres smaller than 1999 OJ4 itself.[1]
Orbit and Relationship with the Kuiper Belt
1999 OJ4 orbit characterizes it as a classical Kuiper Belt object, or cubewano. Due to its nearly circular orbit and low inclination, it is also in the "cold" population of cubewanos. As a result, it is likely reddish in color.[5][6]
Moon
1999 OJ4 has one moon, S/2005 (1999 OJ4) 1. This moon was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope[4] on October 5, 2013.[1] It orbits 3,267 kilometres away from 1999 OJ4, completing one orbit every 84.115 days.[1][4] At 72 km, it is nearly the same size as 1999 OJ4. From the surface of 1999 OJ4, S/2005 (1999 OJ4) 1 would have an apparent diameter of roughly 8.11°,[lower-alpha 1] over fourteen times the apparent size of the Sun from Earth.
Notes
- ↑ Calculated by solving .
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Johnston, W. R. (28 December 2008). "1999 OJ4". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- 1 2 "(1999 OJ4) orbit diagram". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3031899. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "1999 OJ4". Lowell. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- 1 2 3 Grundy, W. M.; et al. (2009). "Mutual Orbits and Masses of Six Transneptunian Binaries". Icarus. arXiv:0812.3126
. Bibcode:2009Icar..200..627G. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.008. - ↑ A. Doressoundiram; N. Peixinho; C. de Bergh; S. Fornasier; P. Thebault; M. A. Barucci; et al. (October 2002). "The Color Distribution in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt". The Astronomical Journal. 124 (4): 2279. arXiv:astro-ph/0206468. Bibcode:2002AJ....124.2279D. doi:10.1086/342447.
- ↑ Nuno Peixinho; Pedro Lacerda & David Jewitt (August 2008). "Color-inclination relation of the classical Kuiper belt objects". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (5): 1837. arXiv:0808.3025. Bibcode:2008AJ....136.1837P. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/5/1837.
External links
- 1999 OJ4 at the JPL Small-Body Database
