Astronomy:(126155) 2001 YJ140

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(126154) 2001 YJ140
Discovery
Discovered byM. E. Brown
C. Trujillo
Glenn Smith
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date20 December 2001
Designations
(126155) 2001 YJ140
none
Minor planet categoryTNO · plutino
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc2455 days (6.72 yr)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}51.307 astronomical unit|AU (7.6754 Tm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}27.906 AU (4.1747 Tm)
39.606 AU (5.9250 Tm)
Eccentricity0.29542
Orbital period249.26 yr (91043.2 d)
Mean anomaly10.650°
Mean motion0° 0m 14.235s / day
Inclination5.9691°
Longitude of ascending node319.51°
129.91°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions154 km (Johnston's Archive)
Absolute magnitude (H)7.3


(126155) 2001 YJ140, provisionally known as 2001 YJ140, is a resonant trans-Neptunian object from the outermost regions of the Solar System, approximately 154 kilometers in diameter. It discovered on 20 December 2001, by American astronomers Chad Trujillo, Glenn Smith and Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory in California.[1]

Orbit and rotation

2001 YJ140 is classified as a plutino. Its orbit has a semi-major axis of 42.396 AU and an orbital period of about 249 years. Perihelion leads to 27.881 AU from the Sun and its aphelion in the distance of 51.348 AU.[2][3]

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