(55636) 2002 TX300
E468358
Haumea family member
Kuiper Belt object
cubewano
dwarf planet candidate
minor planet
trans-Neptunian object
(55636) 2002 TX300 is a bright, fast-rotating Kuiper Belt object and dwarf-planet candidate believed to be a fragment of the icy, elongated dwarf planet Haumea.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Haumea family member
ⓘ
Kuiper Belt object ⓘ cubewano ⓘ dwarf planet candidate ⓘ minor planet ⓘ trans-Neptunian object ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitude | approximately 3.3 ⓘ |
| albedo | high ⓘ |
| aphelionDistance | approximately 48.5 AU ⓘ |
| belongsToCollisionalFamily | Haumea family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToDynamicalClass | classical Kuiper belt object ⓘ |
| belongsToPopulation | hot classical Kuiper belt ⓘ |
| color | neutral ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 286 km ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitude | approximately 20 at opposition ⓘ |
| hasAxisOfOrbit | prograde ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryDate | 2002-10-15 ⓘ |
| hasLightcurveAmplitude | small ⓘ |
| hasMeanDensity | low to moderate ⓘ |
| hasMinorPlanetNumber | 55636 ⓘ |
| hasNoKnown | satellites ⓘ |
| hasObservationArc | greater than 20 years ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalUncertainty | low ⓘ |
| hasPhaseCoefficient | low ⓘ |
| hasProvisionalDesignation | 2002 TX300 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShape | likely elongated or irregular ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature | very deep water-ice absorption bands ⓘ |
| hasTisserandParameterWithRespectToJupiter | greater than 3 ⓘ |
| isBelievedToBe | fragment of Haumea ⓘ |
| isCandidateFor | hydrostatic equilibrium assessment ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIn |
Kuiper belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ |
| isResonantWith | none (non-resonant classical object) ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo | Haumea in spectral properties ⓘ |
| orbitalEccentricity | approximately 0.12 ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | approximately 25 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 284 years ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perihelionDistance | approximately 37.9 AU ⓘ |
| rotation | fast-rotating ⓘ |
| rotationPeriod | approximately 7.9 hours ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | approximately 43.2 AU ⓘ |
| spectralType | water-ice dominated ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition | water ice rich ⓘ |
| wasDiscoveredAt | Kitt Peak National Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDiscoveredBy | Spacewatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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