Английская Википедия:2012 HE85

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Шаблон:Mp is a small, resonant trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately Шаблон:Convert in diameter. It was first observed by a team of astronomers using one of the Magellan Telescopes in Chile during the New Horizons KBO Search on 18 April 2012, in order to find a potential flyby target for the New Horizons spacecraft. The likely 5:9 resonant object was imaged by the spacecraft from afar at a record distance from Earth in 2017.

Orbit and classification

The Kuiper belt object is considered to be a resonant trans-Neptunian object in a higher 5:9 orbital resonance with the ice giant Neptune. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.2–49.6 AU once every 300 years and 10 months (semi-major axis of 44.9 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official first observation by David Osip, Paul Schechter, David Borncamp, Susan Benecchi and Scott Sheppard of the New Horizons KBO Search Шаблон:Obscode using the Magellan II (Clay) telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory, located in the Atacama desert in Chile.

Milestone image

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Trajectory of New Horizons and other nearby Kuiper belt objects

When the New Horizons spacecraft imaged Шаблон:Mp in 2017, it was the farthest from Earth ever captured by a spacecraft. The image was taken by the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on 5 December 2017 at more than 6.12 billion kilometers (40.9 AU) away from Earth. This record was previously held by the Voyager 1 spacecraft which took the iconic Pale Blue Dot image at 6.06 billion kilometers from Earth in February 1990.

In December 2017, New Horizons also imaged the classical Kuiper belt object Шаблон:Mpl, which was discovered by the same team of astronomers the night before they first observed Шаблон:Mp. Both objects held this record for little more than one year, until it was superseded on New Year's Eve 2018/19, when New Horizons made its close flyby on 486958 Arrokoth at a new record distance of 6.4 billion kilometers from Earth.

Physical characteristics

According to Johnston's Archive, the object measures 74 kilometers in diameter based on an assumed albedo of 0.09 and an absolute magnitude of 8.9. Another estimates gives a smaller diameter of 31 kilometers due to an assumed albedo of 0.15. As of 2019, no rotational lightcurve of Шаблон:Mp has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.

Numbering and naming

As of 2019, this minor planet has neither been numbered nor named by the Minor Planet Center.

External links

• The Deep Ecliptic Survey Object Classifications
• List of Transneptunian Objects, Minor Planet Center
• Шаблон:AstDys
• Шаблон:JPL small body