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Kuiper belt object

Key facts

Discovered by
Palomar Obs.
Discovery site
Palomar Obs.
Discovery date
10 January 2002
Pronunciation
/ ˈ aɪ ə /
Named after
Aya
Alternative designations
2002 AW 197
Minor planet category
TNO · classical (hot) , distant · Scat-Ext
Observation arc
27.15 yr (9,915 d)
Earliest precovery date
29 December 1997
Aphelion
53.280 AU
Perihelion
41.112 AU
Semi major axis
47.196 AU
Orbital period sidereal
324.02 yr (118,349 d )
Mean anomaly
299.003 °
Mean motion
0° 0 10.951 / day
Inclination
24.382°
Longitude of ascending node
297.481°
Time of perihelion
≈ 5 May 2078 , ±0.4 days

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Aya
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
trans-Neptunian object
Diameter
768
Orbital period
118812.9255795682
Image
2002 AW197 Hubble 8x upscale.png
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Commons category
55565 Aya
time of discovery or invention
2002-01-10
site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory
provisional designation
2002 AW197
discoverer or inventor
Palomar Observatory
apparent magnitude
20.0
semi-major axis of an orbit
47.29807968664105
albedo
0.112
rotation period
8.86
IPA transcription
ˈaɪə
color index
1.170
absolute magnitude
3.44
orbital eccentricity
0.1276749337772793
periapsis
41.25930049485667
apoapsis
53.33685887842542
orbital inclination
24.34206101290293
longitude of ascending node
297.373914043036
argument of periapsis
294.5873593108729
mean anomaly
303.2039992987029
time of periapsis
2479745.2194570564
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Encyclopedic overview

55565 Aya (provisional designation 2002 AW197) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the classical Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 10 January 2002 by astronomers at Palomar Observatory.

Aya is a large object, most likely at least 700 km in diameter. It has a rotation period of 8.8 hours and has a moderately red color. The object's brightness does not significantly vary as it rotates, which indicates it is likely spheroidal.

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