(145451) 2005 RM43, provisionally known as 2005 RM43, is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the scattered disc region beyond the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 9 September 2005, by American astronomers Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. It measures approximately 500-600 kilometers in diameter.[2][8]
2005 RM43 is considered likely to be a dwarf planet by both Brown and Tancredi.[8][10] Based on an absolute magnitude of 4.4, the body's diameter could be anywhere in the range of 350 to 800 kilometres (km), depending on its albedo, the surface reflectivity of the object.[11] Johnston's Archive gives an estimate of 584km, based on an assumed albedo of 0.09.[2] Brown estimates a diameter of 524km, based on an absolute magnitude of 4.8 and an assumed albedo of 0.08. A stellar occultation by 2005 RM43 in December 2018 gave a minimum diameter of 458km.[5]
In 2018, two stellar occultations by 2005 RM43 were observed on 3 February and 24 December.[3] Observations of the February occultation yielded a single chord length of 456km (283mi).[12] Observations of the December occultation yielded two positive chords, which suggest an approximate diameter of 644km (400mi) for 2005 RM43.[13]
It has been observed 303 times over 17 oppositions, with precovery images dating back to 1976.[1][14] The orbit is well determined with an uncertainty parameter of 2.[1]
"TNO Results". ERC Lucky Star Project. Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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David L. Rabinowitz; Bradley E. Schaefer; Martha W. Schaefer; Suzanne W. Tourtellotte (2008). "The Youthful Appearance of the 2003 EL61 Collisional Family". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (4): 1502–1509. arXiv:0804.2864. Bibcode:2008AJ....136.1502R. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/4/1502. S2CID117167835.
"Occultation by 2005 RM43 in 03 02 2018"(PDF). ERC Lucky Star Project. Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
"Occultation by 2005 RM43 in 23 DEC 2018"(PDF). ERC Lucky Star Project. Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA). 24 December 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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