Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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184314 Mbabamwanawaresa | |
Discovered: | 2005 March 11 |
Named After: | Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Zulu goddess) |
Mp Category: | cubewano |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Epoch: | 27 August 2011 (JD 2455800.5) |
Observation Arc: | 4817 days |
Uncertainty: | 4 |
Mean Diameter: | ?[2] 316 km if 5% albedo[3] |
Abs Magnitude: | 6.4 |
184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (provisional designation ) is a mid-sized trans-Neptunian object in the classical Kuiper belt, perhaps 300 km across, that orbits the sun roughly every 300 years at an average distance of 44.867 AU. It was discovered in 2005 and named after Mbaba Mwana Waresa, the Zulu goddess of the rainbow, agriculture, rain and beer.