Astronomy:2011 FW62

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Short description: Trans-Neptunian asteroid


2011 FW62
Discovery
Discovery date2011
Designations
2011 FW62 · 2015 AJ281
Minor planet categoryplutino[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}48.835 astronomical unit|AU (7.3056 Tm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}37.564 AU (5.6195 Tm)
43.199 AU (6.4625 Tm)
Eccentricity0.130456
Orbital period283.94 yr (103,709 d)
Mean anomaly284.586°
Mean motion0° 0m 12.497s / day
Inclination26.805°
Longitude of ascending node256.130°
8.233°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions503 km for assumed albedo of 0.07,[3] but likely much smaller if a haumeid
Absolute magnitude (H)5.0 [2]


2011 FW62, also designated 2015 AJ281, is a magnitude-5.0 trans-Neptunian object that was discovered in 2011.[2] Its orbital elements were very uncertain and it was lost. It was recovered on 6 January 2015 as 2015 AJ281. 2011 FW62 has been identified as a member of the Haumea family in a dynamical study led by Proudfoot and Ragozzine in 2019.[4]

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