2007 BP102

Centaur February 2018 yes 2007 BP 102 #C7FF8F Mauna Kea Obs. 24 January 2007 2007 BP 102 centaurdistantdamocloid 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) 4 9.30 yr (3,396 days) 29.985 AU 17.692 AU 23.839 AU 0.2578 116.39 yr (42,513 days) 49.539° 0.0085 ms / day 64.829° 45.293° 124.87° 1.977 34 km (calculated) 0.09 (assumed) 10.6 2007 BP 102 is a high inclination centaur and damocloid from the outer regions of the Solar System, approximately 34 kilometers in diameter. It was first observed by astronomers at the Mauna Kea Observatories on 24 January 2007. With a Tisserand's parameter of 1.977, it may be considered a member of the damocloids, a dynamical group of minor planets which have comet-like orbits without showing a cometary coma or tail. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 17.7–30 AU once every 116 years and 5 months (42,513 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 65° with respect to the ecliptic. As of July 2017, it is one of 7 known objects with inclination (i) > 60° and perihelion (q) > 15 AU, along with the first discovered 528219 2008 KV 42.http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_by_properties?perihelion_distance_min=15&inclination_min=60 IAU Minor Planet Center References 30em 2016-05-08 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2007 BP102) http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3563703 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 14 October 2017 2007 BP102 Minor Planet Center http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2007+BP102 14 October 2017 List of known Trans-Neptunian Objects Johnston's Archive http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html 14 October 2017 List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects Minor Planet Center http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/Centaurs.html 14 October 2017 External links List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects, Minor Planet Center List of known Trans-Neptunian Objects, Johnston's Archive 2007BP102 3563703 # Category:Damocloids # Category:Minor planet object articles (unnumbered) 20070124