(145452) 2005 RN43

Infobox Planet
bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=mp|(145452) 2005 RN|43
discovery=yes
discoverer=A. C. Becker, A. W. Puckett, and J. Kubica [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html List Of Transneptunian Objects ] ]
discovered=September 10, 2005
mp_name=mp|(145452) 2005 RN|43
alt_names="none"
mp_category=TNO
epoch=20 070 410
semimajor=41.589 AU
perihelion=40.631 AU
aphelion=42.547 AU
eccentricity=0.023
period=97 760.8 d (267.6 a) [ [http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?objects:2005RN43;main AstDyS: (145452) 2005RN43 ] ]
inclination=19.3°
asc_node=186.9°
arg_peri=165.2°
mean_anomaly=335.9°
avg_speed=?
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=730 km [ [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html List of known trans-Neptunian objects ] ]
mass=?
density=?
surface_grav=?
escape_velocity=?
sidereal_day=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=3.9
albedo=?
single_temperature=?

mp|(145452) 2005 RN|43, also written as (145452) 2005 RN43, is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) orbiting beyond Pluto in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered by Andrew C. Becker, Andrew W. Puckett, and Jeremy M. Kubica on September 10, 2005 at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico.

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