[meteorite-list] Re: Three new Kuiper Belt Objects

From: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 31 02:42:54 2005
Message-ID: <42EC72C8.4C431C7D_at_bhil.com>

Yup!

    My bad. See:
<http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61/>

Sterling
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Chris Peterson wrote:

> Shouldn't #2 be 2003 EL61?
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:17 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Three new Kuiper Belt Objects
>
> > I've filled in the blanks in your table:
> >
> > 1. 2003 UB313 _at_ 97 AU
> > Twice as big as Pluto (diameter)
> > Orbit inclined at 44 degrees
> > Period 557 years
> > Very bright object, Magnitude 18.9
> > Discoverer: Brown
> >
> > 2. 2005 EL61 _at_ 51 AU
> > 0.70 as big as Pluto (diameter) but ELONGATED
> > 0.32 the mass of Pluto
> > Orbit inclined at 28 degrees
> > Period 285 years
> > Also bright object, Mag 17.5
> > "seen" in 12" scope by amateurs
> > within hours of announcement
> > Has a moon 1% of primary mass in 49-day orbit
> > Discoverer: Ortiz; Moon discovered by Brown
> > who had also discovered the primary
> > but did not announce first
> >
> > 3. 2005 FY9 _at_ 52 AU
> > "less than" the diameter of Pluto but not by too much
> > Orbit inclined at 29 degrees
> > Period 308 years
> > Also pretty bright for a KBO
> > Discoverer: Brown
>
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