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provisional designation
Provisional designation in astronomy is the naming convention applied to astronomical objects immediately following their discovery. The provisional designation is usually superseded by a permanent designation once a reliable orbit has been calcu ...
) is a trans-Neptunian object with a bright absolute magnitude of ca. 3.6.
Distance
It came to perihelion in 1971 and is currently 51.8 AU from the Sun. In April 2013, it moved beyond 50 AU from the Sun. It has been observed 81 times over 10oppositions
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with precovery
In astronomy, precovery (short for pre-discovery recovery) is the process of finding the image of an object in images or photographic plates predating its discovery, typically for the purpose of calculating a more accurate orbit. This happens mos ...
images back to 1974.
See also
* List of Solar System objects most distant from the SunReferences
External links
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