52872 Okyrhoe

52872 Okyrhoe /oʊˈkɪroʊ.iː/ is a centaur orbiting in the outer Solar System between Jupiter and Saturn. It was discovered on 19 September 1998, by the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona, United States, and named after Ocyrhoe from Greek mythology.

52872 Okyrhoe

Discovery
Discovered by	Spacewatch
Discovery site	Kitt Peak Obs.
Discovery date	19 September 1998
Designations
MPC designation	(52872) Okyrhoe
Pronunciation	/oʊˈkɪroʊ.iː/[1]
Named after	Ωκυρόη, Ωκυρρόη Ōkyroē, Ōkyrroē
Alternative designations	1998 SG35
Minor planet category	centaur[2][3][4]
Symbol	(astrological)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	5393 days (14.77 yr)
Aphelion	10.908 AU (1.6318 Tm)
Perihelion	5.7875 AU (865.80 Gm)
Semi-major axis	8.3478 AU (1.24881 Tm)
Eccentricity	0.30670
Orbital period (sidereal)	24.12 yr (8809.66 d)
Mean anomaly	118.92°
Mean motion	0° 2m 27.11s / day
Inclination	15.665°
Longitude of ascending node	173.03°
Argument of perihelion	337.79°
Jupiter MOID	0.468729 AU (70.1209 Gm)
TJupiter	2.945
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	49 km[5]
Synodic rotation period	8.3 h[6]
Geometric albedo	0.03[7]
Spectral type	B–V = 0.743±0.065[8]
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.8[2]

Orbit and classification

Centaurs have short dynamical lives due to strong interactions with the giant planets. Okyrhoe is estimated to have an orbital half-life of about 670 thousand years.^[9] Of objects listed as a centaur by the Minor Planet Center (MPC),^[4] JPL,^[2] and the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES),^[3] Okyrhoe has the second smallest perihelion distance of a numbered centaur. Numbered centaur (315898) 2008 QD4 has a smaller perihelion distance.

52872 Okyrhoe passed perihelion in early 2008 and brightened noticeably.

Naming

It was named after Ocyrhoe, the daughter of Chiron and Chariclo from Greek mythology.

Physical characteristics

Sublimation

Okyrhoe passed perihelion in early 2008,^[2] and exhibited significant magnitude variations during March and April 2008.^[10] This could be a sign of sublimation of volatiles.

See also

• List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies) § 52872

References

1. 'Ocyroe' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
2. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 52872 Okyrhoe (1998 SG35)" (last observation: 2008-06-06). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
3. Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 52872" (last observation: 2008-04-24). SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 11 October 2008.
4. "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
5. Wm. Robert Johnston (22 August 2008). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
6. Bauer, J. M.; Meech, K. J.; Fernandez, Y. R.; Pittichova, J.; Hainaut, O. R.; Boehnhardt, H.; Delsanti, A. C. (2003). "Physical Survey of 24 Centaurs with Visible Photometry". Icarus. 166 (1): 195–211. Bibcode:2003Icar..166..195B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.07.004.
7. E. Dotto; M.A. Barucci; C. de Bergh. "Colours and composition of the Centaurs". Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2008. (word format)
8. Hainaut, O. R.; Boehnhardt, H.; Protopapa, S. (October 2012). "Colours of minor bodies in the outer solar system. II. A statistical analysis revisited". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 546: 20. arXiv:1209.1896. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A.115H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219566. S2CID 54776793. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
9. Horner, J.; Evans, N.W.; Bailey, M. E. (2004). "Simulations of the Population of Centaurs I: The Bulk Statistics". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 354 (3): 798. arXiv:astro-ph/0407400. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.354..798H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08240.x. S2CID 16002759.
10. Trigo-Rodríguez; Melendo; García-Hernández; Davidsson; Sánchez; Rodríguez (2008). "A continuous follow-up of Centaurs, and dormant comets: looking for cometary activity" (PDF). European Planetary Science Congress. Retrieved 12 October 2008.

External links

• 52872 Okyrhoe at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters