2008KV42

2008KV42

• Trans-Neptune object because of location
• Discovered 2008
• Canada-French-Hawaii telescope, scientists continued to research after noticing its unusual orbit

• Not sure where it originated, suspect formed in inner oort cloud then gravitationally distributed by a disturbance and fell until reached Kuiper belt
• Scientists think it will help research of Halley-type comets
• 306 years to rotate sun

http://www.cfeps.net/KV42_Press.html

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...697L..91G

http://www.universetoday.com/177/kuiper-belt-object-travelling-the-wrong-way-in-aone-way-solar-system

http://america.pink/2008-kv42_119094.html

HAILEY KENNEDY

Compared to Planets

• Temperature, atmosphere, size, shape, roundness, composition, and eruptions are all unknown due to its recent discovery and distance

• Located slightly beyond Neptune in Kuiper belt, 20-70 AU from sun
• Stable retrograde orbit dissimilar to all planets
• High inclination: 103.5 degrees while Earth's is 0 degrees; causes orbital characteristics
• Perihelion: 20.3 AU, Earth's Perihelion: 0.98 AU
• Aphelion: 70.6 AU, Earth's Aphelion: 1.01

hhtp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...697L..91G

http://www.universetoday.com/17712/kuiper-belt-object-travelling-the-wrong-way-in-a-one-way-solar-system/

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/O/orbital+inclination

http://transneptunian-astrology.blogspot.com/2009/05/2008-kv42.html