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

[Sterling K. Webb]

Yup!

    My bad. See:
<http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61/>

Sterling
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Chris Peterson wrote:

> Shouldn't #2 be 2003 EL61?
>
> Chris
>
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> Chris L Peterson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> 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
>
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