Astronomy:54598 Bienor

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54598 Bienor
Discovery
Discovered byDES
Discovery siteCerro Tololo Obs.
Discovery date27 August 2000
Designations
(54598) Bienor
Pronunciation/bˈnɔːr/[2]
Named afterBiēnor
2000 QC243
Minor planet categoryCentaur[1]
AdjectivesBienorian /b.ɪˈnɔːriən/
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc24775 days (67.83 yr)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}19.715 astronomical unit|AU (2.9493 Tm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}13.172 AU (1.9705 Tm)
16.444 AU (2.4600 Tm)
Eccentricity0.19894
Orbital period66.68 yr (24355 d)
Average Orbital speed7.26 km/s
Mean anomaly318.473°
Mean motion0° 0m 53.039s / day
Inclination20.745°
Longitude of ascending node337.728°
153.374°
Earth MOID12.199 AU (1.8249 Tm)
Jupiter MOID7.873 AU (1.1778 Tm)
TJupiter3.575
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter187.5±15.5 km[3]
198 km[4]
207±30 km[5]
Sidereal rotation period9.14 h (0.381 d)[1]
Geometric albedo0.03–0.05[5]
0.05±0.019[3]
Physics~ 69 K
BR[4]
B–V = 0.711±0.059[6]
V–R = 0.476±0.046[6]
Apparent magnitude~ 19.2[7]
Absolute magnitude (H)7.5[1]


54598 Bienor /bˈnɔːr/ is a centaur that grazes the orbit of Uranus. It is named after the mythological centaur Bienor. Its closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is 13.2 AU.[1] (As of 2020), Bienor is 14.2 AU from the Sun[7] and will reach perihelion in January 2028.[1] It measured approximately 198 kilometers (120 miles) in diameter.[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 54598 Bienor (2000 QC243)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Bienor. 
  2. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bauer, J. M.; Grav, T.; Blauvelt, E.; Mainzer, A. K. (August 2013). "Centaurs and Scattered Disk Objects in the Thermal Infrared: Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE Observations". The Astrophysical Journal 773 (1): 11. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/22. Bibcode2013ApJ...773...22B. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Johnston, Wm. Robert (18 August 2020). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html. Retrieved 12 August 2021. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Stansberry, J.; Grundy, W.; Brown, M.; Cruikshank, D. (20 February 2007). Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Hainaut, O. R.; Boehnhardt, H.; Protopapa, S. (October 2012). "Colours of minor bodies in the outer solar system. II. A statistical analysis revisited". Astronomy and Astrophysics 546: 20. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219566. Bibcode2012A&A...546A.115H. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2012A&A...546A.115H. Retrieved 26 September 2019. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "AstDyS (54598) Bienor Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.3.0&n=Bienor. 

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