Talk:(84522) 2002 TC302
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[edit] Is there's any "name" for this objet?
Just like Easter-Bunny, Santa, Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus, Ixion, Varuna, etc... Ceres has got a name and this object has got just a number, while its size is superior than the size of Ceres...
[edit] Size Estimate?
This article, and several external references circa 2003, say TC302 is about 1000km in diameter. However, Michael E. Brown's web site lists it as only 710km. http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/whatsaplanet/howmanplanets.html The IAU lists its magnitude as 3.9, which implies a diameter between 400 and 1000km. http://ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html Frankie
Looking at this plot, most TNOs under 1000km appear to have albedos lower than 0.25. Kheider 03:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- Stanberry at al (Spitzer) show estimated 1145 km (−325 +337)! Eurocommuter 12:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Resonant object
We do not have as today resonant TNO article (only the re-direct from the twotinos), so the link to the mean motion resonance is temporary. Resonant objects are classified separately in following the new definitions of TNO (elltio 2006) i.e. they are not KBO and they are not SDO (see scattered disk). Eurocommuter 22:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- OK, stubbed resonant Trans-Neptunian Object in spite of the late hour. Eurocommuter 23:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
