Astronomy:2020 FY30
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Short description: Distant trans-Neptunian object that was discovered 100 AU (15 billion km) from the Sun
 Orbit of 2020 FY30 | |
| Discovery [1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | |
| Discovery site | Mauna Kea Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 March 2020 (first imaged) |
| Designations | |
| 2020 FY30 | |
| Minor planet category | |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch 27 March 2020 (JD 2458996.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 9 | |
| Observation arc | 0.82 yr (300 days) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 107.687±39.992 astronomical unit|AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 35.577±7.749 AU |
| 71.632±26.602 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.50333±0.29262 |
| Orbital period | 606.28±337.70 yr |
| Mean anomaly | 238.823°±190.640° |
| Mean motion | 0° 0m 5.853s / day |
| Inclination | 13.858°±0.129° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 67.258°±0.375° |
| 301.441°±71.686° | |
| Neptune MOID | ≈ 7.4 AU[2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean diameter | 517 km (estimate) |
| Apparent magnitude | 24.3[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | |
2020 FY30 is a distant trans-Neptunian object that was discovered 100 AU (15 billion km) from the Sun by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo on 24 March 2020.[1] Announced on 14 February 2021, it is one of the most distant observable known objects in the Solar System.[4]
See also
- List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "MPEC 2021-C282 : 2020 FY30". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 14 February 2021. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K21/K21CS2.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "2020 FY30". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2020+FY30.
- ↑ "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/t_centaurs.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2020 FY30)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=54117580.
External links
- 2020 FY30 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- MPC
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