(145453) 2005 RR43 (provisional designation 2005 RR43 ) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) estimated to be about 250 km in diameter.[ 5] [ 6] It was discovered on 9 September 2005 by Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot , New Mexico.
Origin
Based on their common pattern of IR water-ice absorptions, neutral visible spectrum,[ 7] and the clustering of their orbital elements, the other KBOs 1995 SM55 , (19308) 1996 TO66 , (55636) 2002 TX300 and (120178) 2003 OP32 appear to be collisional fragments broken off the dwarf planet Haumea .
Surface
The surface is covered by water ice as attested by deep absorption at 1.5 and 2 μm in the infrared spectrum and neutral (i.e. non-red) colour. Scattering models reveal that the observed water ice is, at least in a significant fraction, crystalline and organics , detected on the surface of many TNOs, are completely absent.[ 7]
These physical and orbital characteristics common with Haumea led to suggestion that 2005 RR43 is a member of the Haumea collisional family . The object, together with other members of the family ((19308) 1996 TO66 , (24835) 1995 SM55 , (55636) 2002 TX300 and (120178) 2003 OP32 ), would be created from ice mantle ejected from the proto-Haumea as result of a collision with another large (around 1,660 kilometres (1,030 mi)) body.[ 11]
Neutral (non-red) color index The + marks
2005 RR43 (B−V=0.77, V−R=0.41) on this color plot of TNOs. All the other
Haumea-family members are located to the lower left of this point.
See also
References
^ Lowe, Andrew. "(145453) 2005 RR43 Precovery Images" . andrew-lowe.ca .
^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 145453 (2005 RR43)" (2014-01-02 last obs). Retrieved 7 April 2016 .
^ "MPEC 2009-R09 :Distant Minor Planets (2009 SEPT. 16.0 TT)" . IAU Minor Planet Center . 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2011-01-08 .
^ Marc W. Buie . "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 145453" (2008-12-06 using 140 observations). SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 2009-10-04 .
^ a b c d Carry, Benoit; Snodgrass, Colin; Lacerda, Pedro; Hainaut, Olivier; Dumas, Christophe (16 July 2012). "Characterisation of candidate members of (136108) Haumea's family: II. Follow-up observations" (PDF) . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 544 . EDP Sciences: A137. arXiv :1207.6491 . Bibcode :2012A&A...544A.137C . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201219044 . S2CID 119256112 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
^ a b c Michael E. Brown . "How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system?" . Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2014-11-07 .
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Pinilla-Alonso, N.; Licandro, J.; Gil-Hutton, R.; Brunetto, R. (June 2007). "The water ice rich surface of (145453) 2005 RR43: a case for a carbon-depleted population of TNOs?" (PDF) . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 468 (1): L25. arXiv :astro-ph/0703098 . Bibcode :2007A&A...468L..25P . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20077294 . S2CID 18546361 .
^ Snodgrass, Carry; Dumas, Hainaut (16 December 2009). "Characterisation of candidate members of (136108) Haumea's family". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 511 : A72. arXiv :0912.3171 . Bibcode :2010A&A...511A..72S . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/200913031 . S2CID 62880843 .
^ David L. Rabinowitz; Bradley E. Schaefer; Martha W. Schaefer; Suzanne W. Tourtellotte (2008). "The Youthful Appearance of the 2003 EL61 Collisional Family". The Astronomical Journal . 136 (4): 1502– 1509. arXiv :0804.2864 . Bibcode :2008AJ....136.1502R . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/136/4/1502 . S2CID 117167835 .
^ (145453) = 2005 RR43 Orbit
^ Michael E. Brown; Kristina M. Barkume; Darin Ragozzine; Emily L. Schaller (2007). "A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt" (PDF) . Nature . 446 (7133): 294– 296. Bibcode :2007Natur.446..294B . doi :10.1038/nature05619 . PMID 17361177 . S2CID 4430027 .
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