The mass and density of the dwarf planet (225088) 2007 OR10

@article{Kiss2019TheMA,
title={The mass and density of the dwarf planet (225088) 2007 OR10},
author={Cs. Kiss and G{\'a}bor Marton and A. H. Parker and William M. Grundy and A. Farkas-Tak{\'a}cs and J. Stansberry and Andr{\'a}s P{\'a}l and Thomas M{\"u}ller and Keith S. Noll and Megan E. Schwamb and Amy C. Barr and Leslie A. Young and J{\'o}zsef Vink{\'o}},
journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics},
year={2019}
}
• C. Kiss, +10 authors J. Vinkó
• Published 13 March 2019
• Physics
• arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
The satellite of (225088) 2007 OR10 was discovered on archival Hubble Space Telescope images and along with new observations with the WFC3 camera in late 2017 we have been able to determine the orbit. The orbit's notable eccentricity, e$\approx$0.3, may be a consequence of an intrinsically eccentric orbit and slow tidal evolution, but may also be caused by the Kozai mechanism. Dynamical considerations also suggest that the moon is small, D$_{eff}$ $<$ 100 km. Based on the newly determined… Expand

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