| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | D. C. Jewitt J. X. Luu |
| Discovery site | Mauna Kea Obs. |
| Discovery date | 27 February 1995 |
| Designations | |
| 10370 Hylonome | |
Named after | Hylonome (Greek mythology)[2] |
| 1995 DW2 | |
| centaur [3] Neptune-crosser Uranus-grazer | |
| Orbital characteristics [1][4] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter3 | |
| Observation arc | 15.27 yr (5,576 days) |
| Aphelion | 31.334 AU |
| Perihelion | 18.869 AU |
| 25.102 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2483 |
| 125.77 yr (45,936 days) | |
| 60.558° | |
| 0° 0m 28.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.1443° |
| 178.07° | |
| 6.5554° | |
| Jupiter MOID | 13.42 AU |
| TJupiter | 4.451 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 70±20km[5] 74±16km[6] 75.09 km (derived)[3] |
| 0.051±0.030[6] 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| C [3] · BR(color group) [7] | |
| 8.6[1] 9.08±0.04 (R)[8] 9.250±0.131 (R)[9] 9.35[3][10] 9.51±0.08[6] 9.53[11][12] | |
10370 Hylonome (/haɪˈlɒnəmiː/; from [‘Υλονομη] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), provisional designation 1995 DW2, is a minor planet orbiting in the outer Solar System. The dark and icy body belongs to the class of centaurs and measures about 75 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 February 1995, by English astronomer David C. Jewitt and Vietnamese American astronomer Jane Luu at the U.S. Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii.[13]
Centaurs are a large population of icy bodies in transition between trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Jupiter-family comets (JFCs), their orbits being unstable due to perturbations by the giant planets.[6] Currently, Uranus controls Hylonome's perihelion and Neptune its aphelion.[14]
Hylonome is a carbonaceous C-type body that orbits the Sun at a distance of 18.9–31.3 AU once every 125 years and 9 months (45,936 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] It is a Neptune-crosser, and an outer-grazer of the orbit of Uranus, which it hence does not cross. Its minimum orbital intersection distance with Neptune and Uranus is 0.35854 and 0.52875 AU, respectively.[13]
It is estimated to have a relatively long orbital half-life of about 6.37 million years.[14] In the year 3478, it will pass within approximately 85 gigameters of Uranus and its semi-major axis will be reduced from 25.1 to 23.5 AU.[15]
Observations with the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope indicate a diameter of 70±20 kilometers,[5] whereas the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous bodies of 0.057, giving it a diameter of 75.1 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 9.35.[3]
A study in 2014, using data from Spitzer's Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) and Herschel's Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer, gave a low albedo 0.051±0.030 and a diameter of 74±16 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitudeof9.51±0.08. The study concluded that among the observed population of centaurs, there is no correlation between their sizes, albedos, and orbital parameters. However, the smaller the centaur, the more reddish it is.[6]
The minor planet was named for Hylonome, a female centaurinGreek mythology. In the epic tragedy, she lost her very much beloved husband, the handsome centaur Cyllarus, who was accidentally killed by a spear. Heartbroken, she then took her own life to join him by throwing herself on the spear.[2] Naming citation was published on 26 July 2000 (M.P.C. 41030).[16]
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