53311 Deucalion

Minor Planet
name=53311 Deucalion
discoverer=Deep Ecliptic Survey
discovery_date=April 18, 1999
designations=mp|1999 HU|11
category=TNO (cubewano)cite web
author=Marc W. Buie
date=2003/05/31
title=Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 53311
publisher=SwRI (Space Science Department)
url=http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/astrom/53311.html
accessdate=2008-09-28]
epoch=August 18, 2005 (JD 2453600.5)
semimajor=44.368 AU
perihelion=41.579 AU
aphelion=47.157 AU
eccentricity=0.063
period= 295.540 y
inclination=0.366 °
asc_node=51.570 °
arg_peri=235.548 °
mean_anomaly=291.869 °
speed=4.467 km/s
dimensions=211 kmcite web
title=List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects
publisher=Johnston's Archive
author=Wm. Robert Johnston
url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html
accessdate=2008-09-28]
mass=?×10^? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=6.6
albedo=0.09? (assumed)
temperature=~42 K 53311 Deucalion (pronEng|djuːˈkeɪliən respell|dew|KAY|lee-ən, from _gr. "Δευκαλίων," original provisional designation: mp|1999 HU|11) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 1999 by the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES). It is classified as a cubewano, and named after Deucalion, from Greek mythology.

References

* [http://www.arikah.com/encyclopedia/53311_Deucalion Encyclopedia]