(33001) 1997 CU29
Encyclopedia
, also written as 1997 CU29 is a cubewano
. It has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun
) at 41.660 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach from the Sun
) of 45.134 AU. is about 211 km in diameter. It was discovered on February 6, 1997 by David C. Jewitt
, Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo
, and Jun Chen
at the Mauna Kea Observatory
, Hawaii
.
Cubewano
A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune. Cubewanos have orbits with semi-major axes in the 40–50 AU range and, unlike Pluto, do not cross Neptune’s orbit...
. It has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
) at 41.660 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach from the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
) of 45.134 AU. is about 211 km in diameter. It was discovered on February 6, 1997 by David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in...
, Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo
Chad Trujillo
Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris.Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects , which is the outer area of the solar system that he specialized in. In late August 2005, it was...
, and Jun Chen
Jun Chen
Jun Chen is a Chinese American astronomer.She obtained her BS at Beijing University in 1990, and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii in 1997....
at the Mauna Kea Observatory
Mauna Kea Observatory
The Observatories at Mauna Kea, , are an independent collection of astronomical research facilities located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA. The facilities are located in a special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct," which is located in the Mauna Kea...
, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
.