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Discovered about 29 AU out from the Sun and currently around 22 away, its orbit takes it from just beyond the orbit of Saturn (10.9 AU) all the way out to the Oort Cloud - no, not the Hill Cloud. the Oort Cloud. The incoming barycentric aphelion was 39,400 +/- 1200 AU, and outgoing it will be an even huger 54,600 +/- 2300 AU (!!) Peribarion 2031 Jan 21.574596 +/- 0.0666 TT = 13:47:25 (JD 2462888.074596) Epoch 1000 Jan 1.0 TT = JDT 2086307.5 Find_Orb M 359.86589747 +/- 0.006 (J2000 ecliptic) n 0.00000035 +/- 1.73e-8 Peri. 326.27934 +/- 0.0006 a 19721.6906 +/- 665 Node 190.00285 +/- 0.000052 e 0.9994448 +/- 1.81e-5 Incl. 95.46628 +/- 0.000052 P2767738 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0.7 q 10.9491955 +/- 0.000177 Q 39432.4321 +/- 1232 From 37 observations 2014 Aug. 28-2018 Nov. 8; mean residual 0".07 Peribarion 2031 Jan 21.542640 +/- 0.0662 TT = 13:01:24 (JD 2462888.042640) Epoch 3000 Jan 1.0 TT = JDT 2816787.5 Find_Orb M 0.07733589 +/- 0.0053 (J2000 ecliptic) n 0.00000021 +/- 1.47e-8 Peri. 326.24537 +/- 0.0006 a 27310.4810 +/- 1288 Node 190.00938 +/- 0.000052 e 0.9995990 +/- 1.82e-5 Incl. 95.46057 +/- 0.000052 P4510273 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0.6 q 10.9490073 +/- 0.000177 Q 54610.0131 +/- 2312 From 37 observations 2014 Aug. 28-2018 Nov. 8; mean residual 0".07 Based on the given absolute magnitude, and given how exceptionally red it looked in 2014 precovery images from CFHT (the g - r color was 0.9, and r - i was 0.5!) I would estimate at an albedo of 0.01-0.08 a diameter of 130-370 kilometers (nominally 160) which puts it on a similar scale, if not larger than, Sarabat's huge comet C/1729 P1, and almost undoubtedly the largest Oort Cloud object ever discovered- almost in dwarf planet territory! I have little doubt in my mind that as this gets closer to the Sun, it will begin displaying the coma and tail typical of every other object yet seen in its orbit. It almost feels premature to ascribe any sort of theoretical slope to it with how little precedent there is for objects like this, but if Hale-Bopp is any indication with its slope of 20 at large distances, then 2014 UN271 could possibly reach magnitude 13 in early 2031 - but I wouldn't count on much brighter than 16 or 17 just yet. Either way, that's impressively bright, and this object should make an exceptional target of study in the next couple of decades to accompany how exceptional an object it looks to be. ~Sam More * All Messages By This Member --------------------------------------------------------------------- [5259] Marshall Eubanks #36494 On 2021-06-19 02:48, Sam Deen via groups.io wrote: Hi all, Some very recent exciting news from the Dark Energy Survey collaboration ( https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K21/ K21M53.html ) Given that the data span from 2014-2018, but this is coming out now, was this object found in a re-analysis of the DES data? Maybe the software filters were tuned. Regards Marshall This new object, 2014 UN271, is not just unusual, but radically exceptional among all known bodies in the Solar System to date. Discovered about 29 AU out from the Sun and currently around 22 away, its orbit takes it from just beyond the orbit of Saturn (10.9 AU) all the way out to the Oort Cloud - no, not the Hill Cloud. the Oort Cloud. The incoming barycentric aphelion was 39,400 +/- 1200 AU, and outgoing it will be an even huger 54,600 +/- 2300 AU (!!) Peribarion 2031 Jan 21.574596 +/- 0.0666 TT = 13:47:25 (JD 2462888.074596) Epoch 1000 Jan 1.0 TT = JDT 2086307.5 Find_Orb M 359.86589747 +/- 0.006 (J2000 ecliptic) n 0.00000035 +/- 1.73e-8 Peri. 326.27934 +/- 0.0006 a 19721.6906 +/- 665 Node 190.00285 +/- 0.000052 e 0.9994448 +/- 1.81e-5 Incl. 95.46628 +/- 0.000052 P2767738 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0.7 q 10.9491955 +/- 0.000177 Q 39432.4321 +/- 1232 From 37 observations 2014 Aug. 28-2018 Nov. 8; mean residual 0".07 Peribarion 2031 Jan 21.542640 +/- 0.0662 TT = 13:01:24 (JD 2462888.042640) Epoch 3000 Jan 1.0 TT = JDT 2816787.5 Find_Orb M 0.07733589 +/- 0.0053 (J2000 ecliptic) n 0.00000021 +/- 1.47e-8 Peri. 326.24537 +/- 0.0006 a 27310.4810 +/- 1288 Node 190.00938 +/- 0.000052 e 0.9995990 +/- 1.82e-5 Incl. 95.46057 +/- 0.000052 P4510273 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0.6 q 10.9490073 +/- 0.000177 Q 54610.0131 +/- 2312 From 37 observations 2014 Aug. 28-2018 Nov. 8; mean residual 0".07 Based on the given absolute magnitude, and given how exceptionally red it looked in 2014 precovery images from CFHT (the g - r color was 0.9, and r - i was 0.5!) I would estimate at an albedo of 0.01-0.08 a diameter of 130-370 kilometers (nominally 160) which puts it on a similar scale, if not larger than, Sarabat's huge comet C/1729 P1, and almost undoubtedly the largest Oort Cloud object ever discovered- almost in dwarf planet territory! I have little doubt in my mind that as this gets closer to the Sun, it will begin displaying the coma and tail typical of every other object yet seen in its orbit. It almost feels premature to ascribe any sort of theoretical slope to it with how little precedent there is for objects like this, but if Hale-Bopp is any indication with its slope of 20 at large distances, then 2014 UN271 could possibly reach magnitude 13 in early 2031 - but I wouldn't count on much brighter than 16 or 17 just yet. Either way, that's impressively bright, and this object should make an exceptional target of study in the next couple of decades to accompany how exceptional an object it looks to be. ~Sam Links: ------ [1] https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/36493 [2] https://groups.io/mt/83645454/2048683 [3] https://groups.io/g/mpml/post [4] https://groups.io/g/mpml/editsub/2048683 [5] https://groups.io/g/mpml/unsub More * All Messages By This Member --------------------------------------------------------------------- [5259] Marshall Eubanks #36495 On 2021-06-19 09:28, Marshall Eubanks wrote: On 2021-06-19 02:48, Sam Deen via groups.io wrote: Hi all, Some very recent exciting news from the Dark Energy Survey collaboration ( https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K21/ K21M53.html ) Given that the data span from 2014-2018, but this is coming out now, was this object found in a re-analysis of the DES data? Maybe the software filters were tuned. I asked around and Dr. Pedro Bernardinelli @phbernardinelli of the DES explained why this just came out now: Yes! We searched the first four years of data between 2018 and 2019, and just completed the full search (2020-2021 for the dedicated TNO processing), plus extra time for catalog production from the survey images, with many improvements over previous data releases. Regards Marshall Regards Marshall This new object, 2014 UN271, is not just unusual, but radically exceptional among all known bodies in the Solar System to date. Discovered about 29 AU out from the Sun and currently around 22 away, its orbit takes it from just beyond the orbit of Saturn (10.9 AU) all the way out to the Oort Cloud - no, not the Hill Cloud. the Oort Cloud. The incoming barycentric aphelion was 39,400 +/- 1200 AU, and outgoing it will be an even huger 54,600 +/- 2300 AU (!!) Peribarion 2031 Jan 21.574596 +/- 0.0666 TT = 13:47:25 (JD 2462888.074596) Epoch 1000 Jan 1.0 TT = JDT 2086307.5 Find_Orb M 359.86589747 +/- 0.006 (J2000 ecliptic) n 0.00000035 +/- 1.73e-8 Peri. 326.27934 +/- 0.0006 a 19721.6906 +/- 665 Node 190.00285 +/- 0.000052 e 0.9994448 +/- 1.81e-5 Incl. 95.46628 +/- 0.000052 P2767738 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0.7 q 10.9491955 +/- 0.000177 Q 39432.4321 +/- 1232 From 37 observations 2014 Aug. 28-2018 Nov. 8; mean residual 0".07 Peribarion 2031 Jan 21.542640 +/- 0.0662 TT = 13:01:24 (JD 2462888.042640) Epoch 3000 Jan 1.0 TT = JDT 2816787.5 Find_Orb M 0.07733589 +/- 0.0053 (J2000 ecliptic) n 0.00000021 +/- 1.47e-8 Peri. 326.24537 +/- 0.0006 a 27310.4810 +/- 1288 Node 190.00938 +/- 0.000052 e 0.9995990 +/- 1.82e-5 Incl. 95.46057 +/- 0.000052 P4510273 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0.6 q 10.9490073 +/- 0.000177 Q 54610.0131 +/- 2312 From 37 observations 2014 Aug. 28-2018 Nov. 8; mean residual 0".07 Based on the given absolute magnitude, and given how exceptionally red it looked in 2014 precovery images from CFHT (the g - r color was 0.9, and r - i was 0.5!) I would estimate at an albedo of 0.01-0.08 a diameter of 130-370 kilometers (nominally 160) which puts it on a similar scale, if not larger than, Sarabat's huge comet C/ 1729 P1, and almost undoubtedly the largest Oort Cloud object ever discovered- almost in dwarf planet territory! I have little doubt in my mind that as this gets closer to the Sun, it will begin displaying the coma and tail typical of every other object yet seen in its orbit. It almost feels premature to ascribe any sort of theoretical slope to it with how little precedent there is for objects like this, but if Hale-Bopp is any indication with its slope of 20 at large distances, then 2014 UN271 could possibly reach magnitude 13 in early 2031 - but I wouldn't count on much brighter than 16 or 17 just yet. Either way, that's impressively bright, and this object should make an exceptional target of study in the next couple of decades to accompany how exceptional an object it looks to be. ~Sam Links: ------ [1] https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/36493 [2] https://groups.io/mt/83645454/2048683 [3] https://groups.io/g/mpml/post [4] https://groups.io/g/mpml/editsub/2048683 [5] https://groups.io/g/mpml/unsub More * All Messages By This Member xClose Verify Delete Are you sure you wish to delete this message from the message archives of mpml@groups.io? This cannot be undone. Cancel Yes xClose Verify Repost Are you sure you wish to repost this message? Cancel Yes xClose Report Message [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Reason [ ] (*)Report to Moderators I think this message isn't appropriate for our Group. The Group moderators are responsible for maintaining their community and can address these issues. ( )Report to Groups.io Support I think this violates the Terms of Service. 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