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2019 527243 KAT-01

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2019 KAT-01
KAT-01 as seen from Lod'oka Observatory
Discovery
Discovered byMieka Kalaka
Discovery date22 August 2019
Designations
MPC designation2019 (527243) KAT-01
Pronunciation/ˈkæt ˈwʌn/
2019 KT44
trans-Neptunian object
Orbital characteristics
Uncertainty parameter 2
Eccentricity0.0142
14,400 yr
1.04 km/s
Inclination2.9307°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions995±80 km
(thermophysical model)
1060±100 km
(std. thermal model)
21 h (0.875 d) most likely
(best fit 10.273±0.002 h),
18 h less likely
0.32±0.06
Temperature≈ 12 K (see note)
(red) B−V=1.24; V−R=0.78
20.8 (opposition)
25.8 (perihelic)
1.83±0.05
0.3

2019 527243 KAT-01, often shortened to 2019 KAT-01, or simply KAT-01 is a trans-Neptunian object discovered in 2019 by the Lod'oka Observatory in 2019. Estimated to be only 1,000 kilometers in diameter, KAT-01 is one of the most distant planetary objects observed, especially by a Garetolian observatory. There is some debate over who discovered KAT-01, since the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory also claimed to have discovered the object a few months prior. However, this claim is likely a hoax; the observed object may have been either Sedna or a rogue asteroid