(33001) 1997 CU29

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics=yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=mp|(33001) 1997 CU|29
discoverer=David C. Jewitt, Jane X. Luu, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Jun Chen [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html List Of Transneptunian Objects ] ]
discovered=February 6, 1997
mp_name=mp|(33001) 1997 CU|29
alt_names="none"
mp_category=TNO (cubewano)
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=6496.367 Gm (43.426 AU)
perihelion=6239.112 Gm (41.706 AU)
aphelion=6753.621 Gm (45.145 AU)
eccentricity=0.040
period=104524.019 d (286.17 a)
inclination=1.455°
asc_node=350.273°
arg_peri=267.544°
mean_anomaly=229.795°
avg_speed=4.52 km/s
dimensions=211 km [ [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html List of known trans-Neptunian objects ] ]
mass=1.3e|19? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0641? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.1213? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=6.6
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~42 K

mp|(33001) 1997 CU|29, also written as (33001) 1997 CU29 is a cubewano. It has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at 41.660 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach from the Sun) of 45.134 AU. mp|1997 CU|29 is about 211 km in diameter. It was discovered on February 6, 1997 by David C. Jewitt, Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo, and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.

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