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Uncommon kbo 25 EP

2010 MK19

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
25 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Centaur: adrift between the giants +20
  • Kuiper-belt object +5
  • Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 25

9 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Kuiper-belt object · +5
  • Catalogue designation only
  • Centaur: adrift between the giants · +20

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Its orbit family. A centaur, wandering between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune on a path nothing can stabilise. Half asteroid and half comet, and gone from this orbit within a few million years.
  • Closest approach. At its nearest it comes within 2.9 AU of the Sun — inside the orbit of Jupiter.
  • One lap. A single orbit around the Sun takes it about 57.3 years.
  • How far it roams. Its orbit swings between 2.9 and 26.82 AU from the Sun.

Standing on it

  • Sunlight there. Even at its closest the sunlight is only about 12% as strong as Earth's.

What's in a name

  • Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.

Properties

aphelion au
26.81
designation
2010 MK19
eccentricity
0.8046
full name
(2010 MK19)
inclination
25.63
mean motion deg day
0.0172
moid au
2
name
2010 MK19
number only
yes
orbit class
CEN
perihelion au
2.904
semi major au
14.86

About 2010 MK19

2010 MK19 is an uncommon kbo. It swings within 2.904 AU of the Sun at perihelion.

A centaur, wandering between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune on a path nothing can stabilise. Half asteroid and half comet, and gone from this orbit within a few million years.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, 2010 MK19 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why 2010 MK19 is an uncommon kbo

2010 MK19 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Kuiper-belt object, Catalogue designation only and Centaur: adrift between the giants — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.