(472271) 2014 UM33, provisionally designated 2010 TQ182, is a trans-Neptunian object residing in the outer Kuiper belt. It was discovered on October 22, 2014, by the Mount Lemmon Survey.
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Discovered by | Mount Lemmon Survey (Pan-STARRS) |
Discovery site | Mount Lemmon |
Discovery date | 22 October 2014 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (472271) 2014 UM33 |
Alternative designations | 2014 UM33 · 2010 TQ182 |
Minor planet category | TNO |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
Observation arc | 11.86 yr (4,332 days) |
Earliest precovery date | 16 October 2003 |
Aphelion | 49.631 AU |
Perihelion | 36.163 AU |
Semi-major axis | 42.897 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1570 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 280.96 yr (102,622 days) |
Mean anomaly | 269.23° |
Mean motion | 0° 0m 12.6s / day |
Inclination | 17.403° |
Longitude of ascending node | 236.58° |
Argument of perihelion | 269.24° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 320–720 km[3] 478 km[4] 607 km[5] 220–880[6] |
Apparent magnitude | 21–22 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 4.9[1][2] 5.2[4] |
It is approximately the size of 2 Pallas in the asteroid belt. On August 18, 2015, 2014 UM33 was found to have been discovered over four years previously, with the designation 2010 TQ182. This extended its observation arc to over 4 years, and then precovery observations were found using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey from 2009.
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