(148209) 2000 CR105
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Marc W. Buie |
| Discovery date | February 6, 2000 |
| Designations | |
| 2000 CR105 | |
| E-SDO (detached object)[2] |
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| Orbital characteristics[2][3] | |
| Epoch 2014-Dec-09 (JD 2457000.5) | |
| Aphelion | 416.0 ±1.4 AU (Q) (60.33 Tm) |
| Perihelion | 44.2346 ±0.0093 AU (q) (6.586 Tm) |
| 230.12 ±0.78 AU (a) (33.46 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.80777 ±0.00067 |
| 3,491 ±18 yr (1,275,000 ±6400 d) | |
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Average orbital speed
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1.63 km/s |
| 5.09° | |
| Inclination | 22.70702 ±0.000066 ° |
| 128.23435 ±0.00031 ° (Ω) | |
| 317.158 ±0.019° (ω) | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 328 km[4] 242 km[5] |
| 0.04 (expected)[4] | |
| Temperature | ~ 19 K |
| Blue[4] | |
| 23.8 [6] | |
| 6.3 [3] | |
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(148209) 2000 CR105, also written as (148209) 2000 CR105, is roughly the seventh-most-distant known object in the Solar System.[7] Considered a detached object,[8][9] it orbits the Sun in a highly eccentric orbit every 3345 years at an average distance of 223 astronomical units (AU).[3]
Mike Brown's website lists it as a possible dwarf planet with a diameter of 328 kilometres (204 mi) based on an assumed albedo of 0.04.[4] The albedo is expected to be low because the object has a blue (neutral) color.[4] However, if the albedo is higher, the object could easily be half that size.
(148209) 2000 CR105 and Sedna differ from scattered-disc objects in that they are not within the gravitational influence of the planet Neptune even at their perihelion distances (closest approaches to the Sun). It is something of a mystery as to how these objects came to be in their current, far-flung orbits. Several hypotheses have been put forward:
- They were pulled from their original positions by a passing star.[10][11]
- They were pulled from their original positions by a very distant, and as-yet-undiscovered (albeit unlikely), giant planet.[12]
- They were pulled from their original positions by an undiscovered companion star orbiting the Sun.[12]
- They were captured from another planetary system during a close encounter early in the Sun's history.[10] According to Kenyon and Bromley, there is a 15% probability that a star like the Sun had an early close encounter and a 1% probability that outer planetary exchanges would have happened. (148209) 2000 CR105 is estimated to be 2–3 times more likely to be a captured planetary object than Sedna.[10]
(148209) 2000 CR105 is the first object discovered in the Solar System to have a semi-major axis exceeding 150 AU, a perihelion beyond Neptune, and an argument of perihelion of 340 ± 55°.[13]
See also
- 2004 VN112
- (87269) 2000 OO67
- Clearing the neighbourhood
- Planets beyond Neptune
- List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun in 2015
- List of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion
References
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- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
- Orbit Determination of 2000 CR105
- Spacecraft escaping the Solar System (Heavens-Above)
- World Book: Worlds Beyond Pluto
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- ↑ (Not counting long-period comets and space probes), Eris, Sedna, 2007 OR10, 2006 QH181, 2003 QX113, and 2004 XR190 are all further from the Sun.
- ↑ Jewitt, David, Morbidelli, Alessandro, & Rauer, Heike. (2007). Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 35. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3-540-71957-1.
- ↑ Lykawka, Patryk Sofia & Mukai, Tadashi. (2007). Dynamical classification of trans-neptunian objects: Probing their origin, evolution, and interrelation. Icarus Volume 189, Issue 1, July , Pages 213–232. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.01.001.
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 John J. Matese, Daniel P. Whitmire, and Jack J. Lissauer, "A Widebinary Solar Companion as a Possible Origin of Sedna-like Objects", Earth, Moon, and Planets, 97:459 (2005)
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