Astronomy:184314 Mbabamwanawaresa
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Marc William Buie |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | 2005 March 11 |
| Designations | |
| 2005 EO302 | |
| Pronunciation | /əmˌbɑːbɑːˌmwɑːnɑːwɑːˈrɛsə/ |
| Named after | Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Zulu goddess) |
| Minor planet category | cubewano |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 27 August 2011 (JD 2455800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 4 | |
| Observation arc | 4817 days |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 51.39±0.02 AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 38.740±0.016 AU |
| 45.06±0.02 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14035±0.00014 |
| Orbital period | 302.5±0.2 yr |
| Mean anomaly | 321.82°±0.12° |
| Inclination | 5.7847°±0.0005° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 0.554°±0.002° |
| 270.75°±0.15° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean diameter | 232 km?[2] 316 km if 5% albedo[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 6.4 |
184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (provisional designation 2005 EO302) is a mid-sized trans-Neptunian object in the classical Kuiper belt, perhaps 300 km across, discovered in 2005. Named after Mbaba Mwana Waresa, a Zulu Fertility Goddess of Earth and Water, It orbits around the sun roughly every 300 years at an average distance of 44.867 AU.
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Lookup: 184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (2005 EO302)". https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=184314.
- ↑ Johnston, Wm. Robert (29 August 2021). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html.
- ↑ Buie, Marc W. (20 May 2021). "RECON: TNO occultation with 184314". Southwest Research Institute. https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/recon/events/184314_210627_1106430.html.
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