2014 PN70
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2014 PN70 (internally designated g12000JZ, g1 and PT3) is a trans-Neptunian object from the cold classical Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It measures approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) in diameter. The object was first observed by the New Horizons Search Team using the Hubble Space Telescope on 6 August 2014, and was a proposed flyby target for the New Horizons probe until 2015, when the alternative target 486958 Arrokoth was selected.[2]
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | New Horizons KBO Search |
Discovery site | Hubble Space Telescope |
Discovery date | 6 August 2014 (first observed only) |
Designations | |
2014 PN70 | |
g12000JZ · g1 · PT3[2] | |
TNO[3] · cubewano[4][5] distant[1] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 2 | |
Observation arc | 0.86 yr (313 days) |
Aphelion | 47.047 AU |
Perihelion | 42.033 AU |
44.540 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.05628 |
297 yr (108,405 d) | |
288.081° | |
0° 0m 11.937s / day | |
Inclination | 4.111° |
136.354° | |
228.068° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 30–55 km[6] 35–55 km[7] 39 km (estimate)[5] 44 km (est. at 0.07)[8] |
12.05 h[9] | |
0.04–0.10[7] 0.04–0.15[6] | |
V–I = 1.34[10] | |
26.1[10] | |
10.3[3] | |
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