- 1993 RP
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics=yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=1993 RP
discoverer=David C. Jewitt andJane X. Luu ,
discovered=September 15 ,1993
mp_name="none"
alt_names=1993 RP
mp_category=TNO (plutino )
epoch=December 31 ,2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=5598.751 Gm (37.425 AU)
perihelion=5249.620 Gm (35.092 AU)
aphelion=5947.882 Gm (39.759 AU)
eccentricity=0.062
period=83627.096 d (228.96 a)
inclination=2.674°
asc_node=192.174°
arg_peri=184.859°
mean_anomaly=17.149°
avg_speed=4.86 km/s
dimensions=70? km
mass=3.6e|17? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0196? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0370? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=9.39
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~45 K1993 RP is a
trans-Neptunian object (TNO) of theplutino class. It was discovered a day after1993 RO , and a day before(15788) 1993 SB . The discovery was made in 1993 at theMauna Kea Observatory with a 2.2m telescope. Very little is known about the object.External links
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html list of known TNOs, including size estimates]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPLists.html IAU minor planet lists]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1993RP;orb=1;view=Far Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=1993RP Ephemeris]
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