(613766) 2007 NC7

(613766) 2007 NC₇

Discovery[1][2]
Discovered by	M. E. Schwamb M. E. Brown D. Rabinowitz
Discovery site	Palomar Obs.
Discovery date	11 July 2007
Designations
MPC designation	2007 NC7
Minor planet category	TNO[3] · centaur[4][5] distant[1]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc	7.12 yr (2,599 days)
Aphelion	51.452 AU
Perihelion	16.867 AU
Semi-major axis	34.160 AU
Eccentricity	0.5062
Orbital period (sidereal)	199.65 yr (72,924 d)
Mean anomaly	37.817°
Mean motion	0° 0^m 17.64^s / day
Inclination	6.3015°
Longitude of ascending node	324.12°
Argument of perihelion	286.77°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	106 km (calculated)[6]
Geometric albedo	0.09 (assumed)[6]
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.1[3]

(613766) 2007 NC₇ (provisional designation 2007 NC7) is a trans-Neptunian object and centaur from the outer Solar System, approximately 106 kilometers in diameter. It was first observed on 11 July 2007, by American astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown and David Rabinowitz at Palomar Observatory in California.[2]

The object has a high eccentricity of 0.49. It comes within 17 AU of the Sun (inside the orbit of Uranus) and goes as far as 50 AU at aphelion (near the Kuiper cliff). It passed perihelion in September 1996.

For comparison, among the well-established, highly eccentric orbits formally classified as plutinos, the orbit of (15788) 1993 SB has an eccentricity of 0.318.

It has only been observed twenty-six times over four oppositions.[3]

References

1. "2007 NC7". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
2. "MPC Electronic Circular – MPEC 2007-R25 : 2007 NC7". Minor Planet Center. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
3. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2007 NC7)" (2014-08-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
4. Marc W. Buie (9 June 2008). "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 07NC7". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 8 July 2008.
5. "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". MPC. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
6. "List of known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

External links

• List of known Trans-Neptunian Objects, Johnston's Archive
• (613766) 2007 NC7 at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• (613766) 2007 NC7 at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters