(84522) 2002 TC302
trans-Neptunian object
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Summary
(84522) 2002 TC302 is a trans-Neptunian object[1]. (84522) 2002 TC302 draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (trans neptunian object category, ranking #12 of 55).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Palomar Observatory[3]
- Instance of: possible dwarf planet[4], asteroid[5], resonant trans-Neptunian object[6]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[7]
- Follows: (84521) 2002 TE300[8]
- Followed by: (84523) 2002 UF2[9]
- Minor planet group: trans-Neptunian object[10], 2:5-resonant trans-Neptunian object[11]
- Commons category: (84522) 2002 TC302[12]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[13]
- Provisional designation: 2002 TC302[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: October 9, 2002[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.297[16], 0.2995099275725721[17]
- Absolute magnitude: 3.8[18], 3.92[19]
- Orbital inclination: 34.976 degree[20], 35.00795245659784 degree[21]
- Orbital period: 152399.1709746893 day[22]
- Rotation period: 56.1 hour[23]
- Longitude of ascending node: 23.9 degree[24], 23.82537752284196 degree[25]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 55.0695975 astronomical unit[26], 55.83709109830268 astronomical unit[27]
- Apoapsis: 72.56085420901843 astronomical unit[28]
- Periapsis: 39.11332798758693 astronomical unit[29]
- Argument of periapsis: 86.7 degree[30], 86.07019498892316 degree[31]
- Mean anomaly: 321.5 degree[32], 331.7280868170761 degree[33]
- Diameter: 500 km[34]
- Albedo: 0.147[35]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[36]
- Time of periapsis: 2472968.878141517 Julian day[37]
Why It Matters
(84522) 2002 TC302 has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] (84522) 2002 TC302 is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]