(385185) 1993 RO is a
plutino. It was the first plutino discovered after
Pluto itself, with
1993 RP
1993 RP might be a trans-Neptunian object, perhaps in diameter, from the Kuiper belt in the outermost Solar System. However, the object has only a 2-day observation arc, making the data insufficient to provide virtually any idea of its true orbi ...
and
(15788) 1993 SB
(15788) 1993 SB is a trans-Neptunian object of the plutino class. Apart from Pluto, it was one of the first such objects discovered (beaten by two days by (385185) 1993 RO and by one day by 1993 RP), and the first to have an orbit calculated well ...
a day and two days later, respectively. The discovery was made in 1993 at the
Mauna Kea Observatory with a 2.2-meter telescope. Very little is known about (385185) 1993 RO. Even the diameter estimate of ~90 km is based on the assumed albedo of 0.09.
KBO's found in 1993 include:
(15788) 1993 SB
(15788) 1993 SB is a trans-Neptunian object of the plutino class. Apart from Pluto, it was one of the first such objects discovered (beaten by two days by (385185) 1993 RO and by one day by 1993 RP), and the first to have an orbit calculated well ...
,
(15789) 1993 SC
(15789) 1993 SC is a trans-Neptunian object of the plutino class. The discovery was made in 1993 at the La Palma Observatory with the Isaac Newton Telescope. It was the second plutino to receive an MPC number.
KBO's found in 1993 include: (15788 ...
,
(181708) 1993 FW
(181708) 1993 FW was the second trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon, the first having been 15760 Albion, formerly known as . It was discovered in 1993 by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawa ...
, and (385185) 1993 RO.
See also
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List of trans-Neptunian objects
*
Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt () is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger—20 times ...
References
External links
IAUC 5865: 1993 RO*
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Discoveries by David C. Jewitt
Discoveries by Jane Luu
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