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66652 Borasisi
Borasisi and its companion Pabu imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003
Discovery
Discovered byA. Trujillo, J. Luu and D. Jewitt
Discovery date8 September 1999
Designations

MPC designation

(66652) Borasisi
Pronunciation/bɒrəˈssi/

Alternative designations

1999 RZ253

Minor planet category

trans-Neptunian object
cubewano[1][2]
SCATNEAR(?)[3]
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter3
Observation arc4790 days (13.11 yr)
Aphelion47.291 AU (7.0746 Tm)
Perihelion39.819 AU (5.9568 Tm)

Semi-major axis

43.555 AU (6.5157 Tm)
Eccentricity0.085781

Orbital period (sidereal)

287.45 yr (104991 d)

Mean anomaly

60.025°

Mean motion

0.0034289°/day
Inclination0.56319°

Longitude of ascending node

84.722°

Argument of perihelion

194.98°
Known satellitesPabu /ˈpɑːb/
(137 km in diameter?)[5]
Physical characteristics

Mean diameter

163+33
−66
 km
(combined)
126+25
−51
 km
(primary)
105+20
−42
 km
(secondary)[6]
Mass(3.433±0.027)×1018 kg[7]

Mean density

2.1+2.6
−1.2
 g/cm3
[6]

Synodic rotation period

6.4±1.0 h[6]

Geometric albedo

0.236+0.438
−0.77
[6]

Spectral type

V−R= 0.646 ± 0.058[6]

Absolute magnitude (H)

6.121 ± 0.070,[6] 5.9[4]

66652 Borasisi, or as a binary (66652) Borasisi-Pabu,[7] is a binary classical Kuiper belt object. It was discovered in September 1999 by Chad Trujillo, Jane X. Luu and David C. Jewitt[4] and identified as a binary in 2003 by K. Noll and colleagues[4] using the Hubble Space Telescope.

Binary[edit]

Schematic illustration of two bodies with similar mass orbiting around a common barycenter (red cross) with elliptic orbits. Borasisi and Pabu interact similarly.

In 2003 it was discovered that 66652 Borasisi is a binary with the components of comparable size (about 100–130 km) orbiting the barycentre on a moderately elliptical orbit.[6][8] The total system mass is about 3.4 × 1018 kg.[7]

The companion (66652) Borasisi I, named Pabu, orbits its primary in 46.2888 ± 0.0018 days on an orbit with semi-major axisof4528 ± 12 km and eccentricity 0.4700 ± 0.0018. The orbit is inclined with respect to the observer by about 54° meaning that is about 35° from the pole-on position.[7]

Physical properties[edit]

The surface of both components of the Borasisi–Pabu system is very red.[6]

Naming[edit]

Borasisi is named after a fictional creation deity taken from the novel Cat's CradlebyKurt Vonnegut.[9] In the book, Borasisi is the Sun and Pabu is the name of the Moon:[10]

Borasisi, the sun, held Pabu, the moon, in his arms and hoped that Pabu would bear him a fiery child. But poor Pabu gave birth to children that were cold, that did not burn... Then poor Pabu herself was cast away, and she went to live with her favorite child, which was Earth.

Exploration[edit]

Around 2005, Borasisi was considered as a target for the proposed New Horizons 2 after a Triton/Neptune flyby.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MPEC 2009-R09 :Distant Minor Planets (2009 SEPT. 16.0 TT)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  • ^ (66652) Borasisi = 1999 RZ253 Orbit
  • ^ Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 66652" (using 47 observations, last obs 2012-10-18). SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  • ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 66652 Borasisi (1999 RZ253)". Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  • ^ Wm. Robert Johnston (25 November 2008). "(66652) Borasisi". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h Vilenius, E.; Kiss, C.; Mommert, M.; et al. (2014). ""TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region X. Analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects from Herschel and Spitzer observations". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 564: A35. arXiv:1403.6309. Bibcode:2014A&A...564A..35V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322416. S2CID 118513049.
  • ^ a b c d Grundy, W. M.; Noll, K. S.; Nimmo, F.; Roe, H. G.; Buie, M. W.; Porter, S. B.; Benecchi, S. D.; Stephens, D. C.; Levison, H. F.; Stansberry, J. A. (2011). "Five new and three improved mutual orbits of transneptunian binaries" (PDF). Icarus. 213 (2): 678. arXiv:1103.2751. Bibcode:2011Icar..213..678G. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.012. S2CID 9571163.
  • ^ Keith S. Noll; Denise C. Stephens; Will M. Grundy & Ian Griffin (December 2004). "The orbit, mass, and albedo of transneptunian binary (66652) 1999 RZ253". Icarus. 172 (2): 402–407. arXiv:astro-ph/0406588. Bibcode:2004Icar..172..402N. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.009. S2CID 119466664.
  • ^ Michael E. Brown, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming. ch. 11 "Planet or Not"
  • ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser
  • ^ Final Report of the New Horizons II Review Panel
  • External links[edit]


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