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15760 Albion

15760 Albion
Long-exposure image of Albion (circled) taken by the European Southern Observatory in September 1992
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byD. C. Jewitt
J. X. Luu
Discovery siteMauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date30 August 1992
Designations
(15760) Albion
Pronunciation/ˈælbiən/
Named after
Albion[3] (mythology by William Blake)
1992 QB1
TNO[1] · cubewano[4][5] (cold)[6]
distant[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc26.34 yr (9,621 days)
Aphelion47.042 AU
Perihelion40.809 AU
43.925 AU
Eccentricity0.07096
291.13 yr (106,334 days)
34.041°
0° 0m 12.188s / day
Inclination2.1797°
359.276°
0.7765°
Physical characteristics
108 km[6]
167 km[4]
0.2 (assumed)[6]
RR (red)[7]
B–V=0.869±0.143[8]
V−R=0.707±0.093[8]
V−I=1.212±0.146[8]
23.3[9]
7.38±0.06[10] · 7.1[1]

15760 Albion (provisional designation 1992 QB1) was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon. Measuring about 108–167 kilometres in diameter, it was discovered in 1992 by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. After the discovery, they dubbed the object "Smiley" and it was shortly hailed as the tenth planet by the press.[11][12] It is a "cold" classical Kuiper belt object and gave rise to the name cubewano for this kind of object, after the QB1 portion of its designation.[13] Decoding its provisional designation, "QB1" reveals that it was the 27th object found in the second half of August of that year.[1] As of January 2018, around 2,400 further objects have been found beyond Neptune, a majority of which are classical Kuiper belt objects. It was named after Albion from William Blake's mythology.[14]

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  11. ^ Collander-Brown, S.; Maran, M.; Williams, I. P. (2000-10-11). "The effect on the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt of a large distant tenth planet". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 318 (1): 101–108. Bibcode:2000MNRAS.318..101C. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03640.x. ISSN 0035-8711.
  12. ^ Coote, Roger. / (August 2008). The earth. London. ISBN 9781842399491. OCLC 671197414.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ Dr. David Jewitt. "Classical Kuiper Belt Objects". David Jewitt/UCLA. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  14. ^ "(15760) Albion = 1992 QB1". IAU Minor Planet Center.

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