(55636) 2002 TX300

E468358

(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.

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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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Haumea family hasMember (55636) 2002 TX300