OSSOS. IV. DISCOVERY OF A DWARF PLANET CANDIDATE IN THE 9:2 RESONANCE WITH NEPTUNE

OSSOS. IV. DISCOVERY OF A DWARF PLANET CANDIDATE IN THE 9:2 RESONANCE WITH NEPTUNE

We report the discovery and orbit of a new dwarf planet candidate, 2015 RR245, by the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS). The orbit of 2015 RR245 is eccentric (e = 0.586), with a semimajor axis near 82 au, yielding a perihelion distance of 34 au. 2015 RR245 has g - r = 0.59 +/- 0.11 and absol...

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Main Authors: Bannister, Michele T., Alexandersen, Mike, Benecchi, Susan D., Chen, Ying-Tung, Delsanti, Audrey, Fraser, Wesley C., Gladman, Brett J., Granvik, Mikael, Grundy, Will M., Guilbert-Lepoutre, Aurélie, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Ip, Wing-Huen, Jakubik, Marian, Jones, R. Lynne, Kaib, Nathan, Kavelaars, J. J., Lacerda, Pedro, Lawler, Samantha, Lehner, Matthew J., Lin, Hsing Wen, Lykawka, Patryk Sofia, Marsset, Michael, Murray-Clay, Ruth, Noll, Keith S., Parker, Alex, Petit, Jean-Marc, Pike, Rosemary E., Rousselot, Philippe, Schwamb, Megan E., Shankman, Cory, Veres, Peter, Vernazza, Pierre, Volk, Kathryn, Wang, Shiang-Yu, Weryk, Robert
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Dept Planetary Sci
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2016
Subjects:
Kuiper belt objects: individual (2015 RR245)
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622433
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622433

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