[meteorite-list] Re: Three new Kuiper Belt Objects

[Chris Peterson]

Shouldn't #2 be 2003 EL61?

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:17 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Three new Kuiper Belt Objects


> I've filled in the blanks in your table:
> 
> 1. 2003 UB313 @ 97 AU
>     Twice as big as Pluto (diameter)
>     Orbit inclined at 44 degrees
>     Period 557 years
>     Very bright object, Magnitude 18.9
>     Discoverer: Brown
> 
> 2.  2005 EL61 @ 51 AU
>     0.70 as big as Pluto (diameter) but ELONGATED
>     0.32 the mass of Pluto
>     Orbit inclined at 28 degrees
>     Period 285 years
>     Also bright object, Mag 17.5
>          "seen" in 12" scope by amateurs
>          within hours of announcement
>     Has a moon 1% of primary mass in 49-day orbit
>     Discoverer: Ortiz; Moon discovered by Brown
>     who had also discovered the primary
>     but did not announce first
> 
> 3.  2005 FY9 @ 52 AU
>     "less than" the diameter of Pluto but not by too much
>     Orbit inclined at 29 degrees
>     Period 308 years
>     Also pretty bright for a KBO
>     Discoverer: Brown