Английская Википедия:58534 Logos

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58534 Logos, or as a binary system (58534) Logos-Zoe, is a trans-Neptunian object and binary system from the classical Kuiper belt, approximately Шаблон:Convert in diameter. The bright cubewano belongs to the cold population and has a 66-kilometer sized companion named Zoe. The system mass is Шаблон:Val.

In the Gnostic tradition, Logos and Zoe are a paired emanation of the deity, and part of its creation myth.

Zoe

Logos is a binary with the components of comparable size orbiting the barycentre on a moderately elliptical orbit.

Logos was discovered on 4 February 1997, and its, companion, Zoe, was discovered on 17 November 2001 from Hubble Space Telescope observations by K. S. Noll, D. C. Stephens, W. M. Grundy, J. Spencer, Robert Millis, Marc Buie, Dale Cruikshank, S. C. Tegler, and W. Romanishin and announced on 11 February 2002.

After the discovery, it received the provisional designation Шаблон:Nowrap. Once confirmed it was officially named (58534) Logos I Zoe. It orbits Logos with a semi-major axis of 8217 km in 309.9 days with an eccentricity of 0.546. Its estimated diameter is 66 km, and mass (0.15 ± 0.02)Шаблон:E kg.

Orbit

A 10-million-year integration of the orbit shows that it is a Classical Kuiper belt object that does not get closer to the Sun than Шаблон:Convert or further than 52.1 AU.

Файл:Pluto Logos Neptune.jpg

Orbit of Logos (grey object) compared with Pluto (orange) and Neptune (blue)

External links

• IAUC 7824 – IAUC 7959
• Шаблон:AstDys
• Шаблон:JPL small body