2007 BP102

2007 BP₁₀₂ is a high inclination centaur and damocloid from the outer regions of the Solar System, approximately 34 kilometers in diameter. It was first observed by astronomers at the Mauna Kea Observatories on 24 January 2007.^[1][2][4]

2007 BP₁₀₂

Discovery[1][2]
Discovery site	Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date	24 January 2007
Designations
MPC designation	2007 BP102
Minor planet category	centaur[3][4] · distant[1] damocloid
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 4
Observation arc	9.30 yr (3,396 days)
Aphelion	30.228 AU
Perihelion	17.744 AU
Semi-major axis	23.986 AU
Eccentricity	0.2603
Orbital period (sidereal)	117.47 yr (42,907 days)
Mean anomaly	23.523°
Mean motion	0° 0m 30.24s / day
Inclination	64.678°
Longitude of ascending node	45.299°
Argument of perihelion	125.63°
TJupiter	1.990
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	34 km (calculated)[4]
Geometric albedo	0.09 (assumed)[4]
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.6[3]

With a Tisserand's parameter of 1.99, may be considered a member of the damocloids, a dynamical group of minor planets which have comet-like orbits without showing a cometary coma or tail. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 17.7–30.2 AU once every 117 years and 6 months (42,907 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 65° with respect to the ecliptic.^[3]

As of July 2017, it is one of 7 known objects with inclination (i) > 60° and perihelion (q) > 15 AU, along with the first discovered 2008 KV42.^[5]