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(523692) 2014 EZ51

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(523692) 2014 EZ51
2014 EZ51 imaged by the Dark Energy Survey in March 2017
Discovery[1]
Discovered byPan-STARRS 1
Discovery siteHaleakala Obs.
Discovery date18 April 2010
Designations
(523692) 2014 EZ51
TNO[2][3] · SDO[4] · distant[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 17 December 2020 (JD 2459200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3[2] · 4[1]
Observation arc10.16 yr (3,710 d)
Aphelion64.420 AU
Perihelion40.376 AU
52.398 AU
Eccentricity0.2294
379.29 yr (138,537 d)
269.18°
0° 0m 9.36s / day
Inclination10.281°
27.612°
330.11°
Physical characteristics
  • >575 km (occultation)[5]
  • 619 km (calculated from assumed albedo)[3]
3.200±0.002 h[6]: 4 
0.13 (assumed)[3]
3.86[1][2]

(523692) 2014 EZ51 (provisional designation 2014 EZ51) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc, approximately 700 kilometres (430 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 April 2010, by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States.[1]

Orbit and classification

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2014 EZ51 orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.4–64.4 AU once every 379 years and 3 months (138,537 days; semi-major axis of 52.4 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Haleakala in April 2010.[1]

Numbering and naming

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This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111779).[7] As of June 2025, it has not been named.[1]

Physical characteristics

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According to Michael Brown and Johnston's Archive, 2014 EZ51 could measure somewhere around 620 kilometers in diameter, based on an absolute magnitude of 3.86 and an assumed albedo of 0.13.[3] On 25 February 2019, a stellar occultation by 2014 EZ51 was observed in New Zealand. From these observations, a lower limit of 575 km was placed on its mean diameter.[5]

In 2023, a study on photometric observations of trans-Neptunian objects by the Kepler space telescope found that 2014 EZ51 rotates with a period of 3.2 hours and exhibits a light curve amplitude of 0.145±0.026 magnitudes, which indicates its shape must be elongated.[6]: 4, 10 

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "523692 (2014 EZ51)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 523692 (2014 EZ51)" (2020-06-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b Loader, B.; Hanna, W. (25 February 2019). "(523692) 2014 EZ51, 2019 February 25 occultation". occultations.org.nz. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b Kecskeméthy, Viktória; Kiss, Csaba; Szakáts, Róbert; Pál, András; Szabó, Gyula M.; Molnár, László; et al. (January 2023). "Light Curves of Trans-Neptunian Objects from the K2 Mission of the Kepler Space Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 264 (1): 20. arXiv:2210.06571. Bibcode:2023ApJS..264...18K. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac9c67. S2CID 119343798. 18.
  7. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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