(556416) 2014 OE394 is a large cubewano in the Kuiper belt that was discovered in July 2014 by the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope, and announced on 17 July 2016.[5] It is one of the brighter trans-Neptunian objects, being the 34th brightest cubewano as of 23 July 2016. Its exact size is unknown, but is most likely between 240 and 730 kilometers across.[4] Mike Brown's website lists it as a "possible" dwarf planet, with an estimated diameter of 337 kilometers.[2]
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Discovered by | Pan-STARRS (F51) |
Discovery site | F51, Haleakala Observatory |
Discovery date | 28 July 2014 |
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Minor planet category | Classical Kuiper belt object[1][2] |
Orbital characteristics[3] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 2 | |
Observation arc | 1452 days (5 oppositions) |
Aphelion | 51.976 AU |
Perihelion | 40.805 ± 0.002 AU |
Semi-major axis | 46.391 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.12040 ± 0.00005 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 316 years |
Mean anomaly | 70.25469° |
Inclination | 3.93206 ± 0.00008° |
Longitude of ascending node | 308.87986 ± 0.0004° |
Argument of perihelion | 259.35897 ± 0.008° |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 280-540 km[3] 240-730 km[4] |
2014 OE394 was observed by the New Horizons probe in September 2017 and August 2018. It passed close by:[6] about 8.7 AU away on 1 January 2017, and 7.5 AU on 1 January 2019.
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