(131696) 2001 XT254, provisionally known as 2001 XT254, is a Kuiper belt object (KBO)[2] that has a 3:7 resonance with Neptune.[3]
Discovery[1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | Sheppard, S. S., Kleyna, J., Jewitt, D. C. |
Discovery date | 9 December 2001 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (131696) 2001 XT254 |
Minor planet category | SDO[2] 3:7 resonance[3][4] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
Observation arc | 4113 days (11.26 yr) |
Aphelion | 70.889 AU (10.6048 Tm) (Q) |
Perihelion | 35.892 AU (5.3694 Tm) (q) |
Semi-major axis | 53.391 AU (7.9872 Tm) (a) |
Eccentricity | 0.32774 (e) |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 390.13 yr (142494 d) |
Mean anomaly | 359.98° (M) |
Mean motion | 0° 0m 9.095s / day (n) |
Inclination | 0.51687° (i) |
Longitude of ascending node | 359.55° (Ω) |
Argument of perihelion | 133.36° (ω) |
Earth MOID | 34.907 AU (5.2220 Tm) |
Jupiter MOID | 30.5705 AU (4.57328 Tm) |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 146 km (assumed)[5] |
Geometric albedo | 0.09 (assumed) |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.4[1] |
It will come to perihelion in January 2016.[1]
Assuming a generic TNO albedo of 0.09, it is about 146 km in diameter.[5]
Simulations by Emel’yanenko and Kiseleva in 2007 show that (131696) 2001 XT254 is librating in a 3:7 resonance with Neptune.[6] This libration can be stable for less than 100 million to billions of years.[6]
It has been observed 22 times over 4 oppositions.[1]
(95625) 2002 GX32 has a similar resonant behavior.
| |
---|---|
|
Small Solar System bodies | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minor planets |
| ||||||
Comets |
| ||||||
Other |
|
Trans-Neptunian objects | |
---|---|
TNO classes |
|
Dwarf planets (moons) | |
Sednoids |