184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (provisional designation 2005 EO302) is a mid-sized trans-Neptunian object in the classical Kuiper belt, perhaps 300 km across, discovered in 2005. Named after Mbaba Mwana Waresa, a Zulu Fertility Goddess of Earth and Water, It orbits around the sun roughly every 300 years at an average distance of 44.867 AU.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Marc William Buie |
Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
Discovery date | 2005 March 11 |
Designations | |
2005 EO302 | |
Pronunciation | /əmˌbɑːbɑːˌmwɑːnɑːwɑːˈrɛsə/ |
Named after | Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Zulu goddess) |
cubewano | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 27 August 2011 (JD 2455800.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 4 | |
Observation arc | 4817 days |
Aphelion | 51.39±0.02 AU |
Perihelion | 38.740±0.016 AU |
45.06±0.02 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.14035±0.00014 |
302.5±0.2 yr | |
321.82°±0.12° | |
Inclination | 5.7847°±0.0005° |
0.554°±0.002° | |
270.75°±0.15° | |
Physical characteristics | |
232 km?[2] 316 km if 5% albedo[3] | |
6.4 | |
References
edit- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Lookup: 184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (2005 EO302)". Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Johnston, Wm. Robert (29 August 2021). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Buie, Marc W. (20 May 2021). "RECON: TNO occultation with 184314". Southwest Research Institute.
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