(248835) 2006 SX368

Centaur August 2021 yes (248835) 2006 SX 368 #C7FF8F A. C. BeckerA. W. PuckettJ. Kubica Apache Point Obs. 16 September 2006 (248835) 2006 SX 368 centaurdistant 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 31 5.91 yr (2,160 days) 32.049 AU 11.945 AU 21.997 AU 0.4570 103.17 yr (37,683 d) 25.503° 0.0096 ms / day 36.325° 280.00° 70.489° 3.183 76 km78.44 22.63 km 0.046 0.0180.052 BRB–R 1.27 9.5 (248835) 2006 SX 368 is a centaur, approximately 75 km mi off 2 us in diameter, orbiting in the outer Solar System between Saturn and Neptune. It was discovered on 16 September 2006, by American astronomers Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett, and Jeremy Kubica at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. Orbit and classification Centaurs are dynamically unstable due to strong interactions with the giant planets. The orbit of 2006 SX 368 is unusually eccentric — near its perihelion, it comes under the influence of Uranus, while at the aphelion it travels slightly beyond the orbit of Neptune. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 11.9–32.0 AU once every 103 years and 2 months (37,683 days; semi-major axis of 22.0 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.46 and an inclination of 36° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Apache Point in September 2006. Physical characteristics In 2010, thermal flux from 2006 SX 368 in the far-infrared was measured by the Herschel Space Telescope. As a result, its equivalent size was estimated to lie within a range from 70 km mi to 80 km mi. References 2012-08-15 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 248835 (2006 SX368) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2248835 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 16 January 2018 248835 (2006 SX368) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=248835 16 January 2018 List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects Johnston's Archive 15 October 2017 Johnston, Wm. Robert http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html 16 January 2018 6 T. G. Müller E. Lellouch J. Stansberry C. Kiss P. Santos-Sanz E. Vilenius S. Protopapa R. Moreno M. Mueller A. Delsanti R. Duffard S. Fornasier O. Groussin A. W. Harris F. Henry J. Horner P. Lacerda T. Lim M. Mommert J. L. Ortiz M. Rengel A. Thirouin D. Trilling A. Barucci J. Crovisier A. Doressoundiram E. Dotto P. J. Gutiérrez O. R. Hainaut P. Hartogh D. Hestroffer M. Kidger L. Lara B. Swinyard N. Thomas July 2010 TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. I. Results from the Herschel science demonstration phase (SDP) Astronomy and Astrophysics 518 5 2010A&A...518L.146M 10.1051/0004-6361/201014683 1005.2923 118635387 6 James M. Bauer Tommy Grav Erin Blauvelt A. K. Mainzer Joseph R. Masiero Rachel Stevenson Emily Kramer Yan R. Fernández C. M. Lisse Roc M. Cutri Paul R. Weissman John W. Dailey Frank J. Masci Russel Walker Adam Waszczak Carrie R. Nugent Karen J. Meech Andrew Lucas George Pearman Ashlee Wilkins Jessica Watkins Shrinivas Kulkarni Edward L. Wright WISE Team PTF Team August 2013 Centaurs and Scattered Disk Objects in the Thermal Infrared: Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE Observations The Astrophysical Journal 773 1 11 2013ApJ...773...22B 10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/22 1306.1862 51139703 External links Distant Minor Planets 248835 & 2009 MS9 (Remanzacco Observatory - August 15, 2012) List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects, Minor Planet Center 248835 248835 (248835) 2006 SX 368 248835 Category:Discoveries by Andrew C. Becker Category:Discoveries by Andrew W. Puckett Category:Discoveries by Jeremy Martin Kubica 20060916