1 day / second
0.5 AU
15760 Albion
Trans-Neptunian Object
A small trans-Neptunian object discovered in 1992 that was the first known Kuiper Belt object found after Pluto and Charon.
Key Facts
orbital regime | Kuiper Belt |
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mass | 2.2619e+18 kg |
radius | 60 km |
hill radius | 441,859 km |
semi-major axis | 43.925 AU |
eccentricity | 0.071 |
inclination | 2.18º |
longitude of the ascending node | 359.276º |
argument of periapsis | 0.777º |
orbital period | 291.116 years |
surface gravity | 0.004 g |
discovery date | August 30, 1992 |
discovered by | David Jewitt and Jane Luu at Mauna Kea Observatories |
name origins | Named after Albion, the primordial giant from William Blake's mythology |
dimensions | 167 kilometers in diameter |
albedo | 0.2 |
material composition | Believed to be icy body typical of Kuiper Belt objects |
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