55636 2002 TX300

E450960

55636 2002 TX300 is a bright, fast-rotating Kuiper Belt object and dwarf-planet candidate in the outer Solar System, notable for its high albedo and relatively large size.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
55636 2002 TX300 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuiper Belt object ⓘ
Solar System object ⓘ
classical Kuiper Belt object ⓘ
cubewano ⓘ
dwarf planet candidate ⓘ
minor planet ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude approximately 3.3 ⓘ
aphelionDistance approximately 49 AU ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalClass classical Kuiper belt ⓘ
hot classical population ⓘ
belongsToPopulation classical trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ
diameter approximately 300 km ⓘ
discoveredBy Spacewatch ⓘ
discoveryDate 2002-10-15 ⓘ
discoverySite Kitt Peak National Observatory ⓘ
geometricAlbedo approximately 0.8 ⓘ
hasHighAlbedo true ⓘ
hasLightcurveVariations true ⓘ
hasMinorPlanetNumber 55636 ⓘ
hasNoKnownMoons true ⓘ
hasProvisionalDesignation 2002 TX300 ⓘ
hasStableOrbitOnGigayearTimescales true ⓘ
hasVeryHighAlbedoComparedToTypicalTNOs true ⓘ
isBeyondNeptune true ⓘ
isBrightForItsSize true ⓘ
isCandidateForDwarfPlanetStatus true ⓘ
isDynamicallyCold false ⓘ
isDynamicallyHot true ⓘ
isFastRotator true ⓘ
isIn Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt
isNearDwarfPlanetSizeThreshold true ⓘ
isPotentiallyInHydrostaticEquilibrium uncertain ⓘ
isResonantObject false ⓘ
lightcurveAmplitude small ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.12 ⓘ
orbitalInclination approximately 26 degrees ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 283 years ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
perihelionDistance approximately 37 AU ⓘ
rotationPeriod approximately 7.9 hours ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 43 AU ⓘ
shape likely elongated ⓘ
spectralType water-ice dominated spectrum ⓘ
surfaceColor neutral ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice rich ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chad Trujillo → coDiscovererOf → 55636 2002 TX300 ⓘ