(523692) 2014 EZ51, prov. designation: 2014 EZ51, is a large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc, approximately 700 kilometres (430 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 April 2010, by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States.[1]
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Discovered by | Pan-STARRS 1 |
Discovery site | Haleakala Obs. |
Discovery date | 18 April 2010 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (523692) 2014 EZ51 |
Minor planet category | TNO[2][3] · SDO[4] · distant[1] |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 17 December 2020 (JD 2459200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 3[2] · 4[1] | |
Observation arc | 10.16 yr (3,710 d) |
Aphelion | 64.420 AU |
Perihelion | 40.376 AU |
Semi-major axis | 52.398 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.2294 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 379.29 yr (138,537 d) |
Mean anomaly | 269.18° |
Mean motion | 0° 0m 9.36s / day |
Inclination | 10.281° |
Longitude of ascending node | 27.612° |
Argument of perihelion | 330.11° |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | |
Geometric albedo | 0.09 (assumed)[3] 0.11 (assumed)[6] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 3.92[1][2] |
2014 EZ51 orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.4–64.4 AU once every 379 years and 3 months (138,537 days; semi-major axis of 52.4 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Haleakala in April 2010.[1]
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111779).[7] As of 2021[update], it has not been named.[1]
According to Michael Brown and the Johnston's archive, 2014 EZ51 measures 626 and 770 kilometers in diameter, based on an absolute magnitude of 4.2 and 3.8, with an assumed albedo of 0.10 and 0.09, respectively.[6][3] The MPC/JPL databases give an absolute magnitude of 3.92.[1][2] On 25 February 2019, a stellar occultation by 2014 EZ51 was observed in New Zealand. From these observations, a lower limit of 575 km was placed for its mean diameter.[5]
As of 2021[update], no physical characteristics have been determined from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.[2][8][9]
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