(47171) 1999 TC36

The correct title of this article is (47171) 1999 TC₃₆. It features superscript or subscript characters that are substituted or omitted because of technical limitations.

**(47171) 1999 TC₃₆**
Discovery
Discovered by	E. P. Rubenstein, L.-G. Strolger
Discovery date	October 1, 1999
Designations
MPC designation	(47171) 1999 TC₃₆
Alternative names	none
Minor planet category	Trans-Neptunian object plutino
Orbital characteristics
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Aphelion	7173.592 Gm (47.952 AU)
Perihelion	4571.710 Gm (30.560 AU)
Semi-major axis	5872.651 G m (39.256 AU)
Eccentricity	0.222
Orbital period	89838.309 d (245.96 a)
Average orbital speed	4.69 km/s
Mean anomaly	346.981°
Inclination	8.416°
Longitude of ascending node	97.059°
Argument of perihelion	295.003°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	350-470 km^[1]
Mass	1.8–1.6×10¹⁹ kg
Mean density	0.3-0.8 g/cm³^[1]
Equatorial surface gravity	0.039–0.020 m/s²
Escape velocity	0.117–0.096 km/s
Sidereal rotation period	? d
Albedo	0.055-0.11^[1]
Temperature	~45–44 K
Spectral type	(red) B-V=0.99; V-R=0.65^[2]
Absolute magnitude	4.73

(47171) 1999 TC₃₆ (also written: (47171) 1999 TC36) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 1999 by Eric P. Rubenstein and Louis-Gregory Strolger. It is classified as a plutino with a 2:3 mean motion resonance with Neptune and is among the brighter trans-Neptunian objects.

1 Moons
- 1.1 S/2001 (47171) 1
2 References
3 External links

Moons

47171) 1999 TC36 has currently one known moon.

S/2001 (47171) 1

The companion, discovered from 8 December 2001 observations by C. A. Trujillo and M. E. Brown using the Hubble Space Telescope and announced on 10 January 2002, has an estimated diameter of 142±23 km and a semi-major axis of 7640±460 km, orbiting its primary in 50.38±0.5 d.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Stansberry, J.A. (2006-02-14). The Albedo, Size, and Density of Binary Kuiper Belt Object (47171) 1999 TC36. Astrophysics. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
^ Doressoundiram. The Meudon Multicolor Survey (2MS) of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian objects: extended dataset and status on the correlations reported. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.

External links

Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
Johnston Archive entry

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Twotinos	1996 TR₆₆ · 1998 SM₁₆₅ · 1999 RB₂₁₆ · 2000 JG₈₁ · 2002 WC₁₉ · 1997 SZ₁₀

Other resonant objects	1994 JS · 1995 DA₂ · 1998 WA₃₁ · 1999 CP₁₃₃ · 1999 DE₉ · 1999 HB₁₂ · 2001 KC₇₇ · 2001 KP₇₇ · 2002 TC₃₀₂ · 2003 LG₇

Scattered disc objects	Eris^{1, 2} · 1995 TL₈ · 1996 GQ₂₁ · 1996 TL₆₆ · 1999 CC₁₅₈ · 2000 EE₁₇₃ · 2000 OO₆₇ · 2000 OM₆₇ · 2001 UR₁₆₃ · 2002 CY₂₂₄ · 2002 GX₃₂ · 2002 RP₁₂₀ · 90377 Sedna² · 2005 RM₄₃ · 2000 CR₁₀₅ 2004 XR₁₉₀ · 2005 TN₇₄ · 2006 QH₁₈₁

Unclassified	1997 CR₂₉ · 1998 SN₁₆₅ · 1999 CL₁₅₈ · 1999 HC₁₂ · 1999 KR₁₆ · 1999 OY₃ · 2003 FY₁₂₈ · 2004 SB₆₀ · 2004 TY₃₆₄ · 2005 RR₄₃

Natural satellites	Charon (Pluto) · Hydra (Pluto) · Nix (Pluto) · Dysnomia (Eris) · S/2000 (1998 WW₃₁) 1 · S/2005 (2003 EL₆₁) 1 · S/2005 (2003 EL₆₁) 2 · Zoe (Logos) · S/2005 (79360) 1 · Sawiskera (Teharonhiawako)

¹ Also classified as a dwarf planet. ² Although currently classified as an SDO, Eris and Sedna may be part of the inner Oort Cloud.

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