- (120348) 2004 TY364
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics=yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=mp|(120348) 2004 TY|364
discoverer=Michael E. Brown ,Chad Trujillo ,David L. Rabinowitz
discovered=October 3 ,2004
mp_name=mp|(120348) 2004 TY|364
alt_names="none"
mp_category=TNO
semimajor=38.742 AU
aphelion=41.269 AU
perihelion=36.214 AU
inclination=24.8°
eccentricity=0.065
mean_anomaly=251.5°
asc_node=140.5°
arg_peri=0.9°
avg_speed=
dimensions=554 km
mass=
density=
surface_grav=
escape_velocity=
sidereal_day=
spectral_type=
single_temperature=
abs_magnitude=4.5
albedo=0.09 (assumed)mp|(120348) 2004 TY|364, also written as (120348) 2004 TY364, is a
trans-Neptunian object that resides in theKuiper belt . It was discovered byMichael E. Brown ,Chad Trujillo , andDavid L. Rabinowitz onOctober 3 ,2004 at thePalomar Observatory . It is adwarf planet andplutoid candidate slightly closer to the Sun thanPluto . It is closest to Neptune (and thus, to the Sun) among all the potential plutoids. [http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/dwarfplanets/]References
* 2. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html
* 3. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html
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