2014 PN70, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in May 2015
Discovery[1]
Discovered by
New Horizons KBO Search
Discovery site
Hubble Space Telescope
Discovery date
6 August 2014 (first observed only)
Designations
MPC designation
2014 PN70
Alternative designations
g12000JZ · g1 · PT3[2]
Minor planet category
TNO[3]· cubewano[4][5] distant[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc
0.86 yr (313 days)
Aphelion
47.047 AU
Perihelion
42.033 AU
Semi-major axis
44.540 AU
Eccentricity
0.05628
Orbital period (sidereal)
297 yr (108,405 d)
Mean anomaly
288.081°
Mean motion
0° 0m 11.937s / day
Inclination
4.111°
Longitude of ascending node
136.354°
Argument of perihelion
228.068°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
30–55 km[6] 35–55 km[7] 39 km (estimate)[5] 44 km (est. at 0.07)[8]
Synodic rotation period
12.05 h[9]
Geometric albedo
0.04–0.10[7] 0.04–0.15[6]
Spectral type
V–I = 1.34[10]
Apparent magnitude
26.1[10]
Absolute magnitude (H)
10.3[3]
2014 PN70 (internally designated g12000JZ, g1 and PT3) is a trans-Neptunian object from the cold classical Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It measures approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) in diameter. The object was first observed by the New Horizons Search Team using the Hubble Space Telescope on 6 August 2014, and was a proposed flyby target for the New Horizons probe until 2015, when the alternative target 486958 Arrokoth was selected.[2]
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2014PN70 (internally designated g12000JZ, g1 and PT3) is a trans-Neptunian object from the cold classical Kuiper belt located in the outermost region...
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