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trans-Neptunian object A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune, which has a semi-major axis of 30.1 astronomical units (au). Typically ...
orbiting the Sun as a detached object in the outer reaches of the Solar System. The object was first observed on 21 May 2010 by astronomers Andrzej Udalski, Scott S. Sheppard, Scott Sheppard, M. Szymanski and Chad Trujillo at the Las Campañas Observatory in Chile.


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orbits the Sun at a distance of 42.9–47.8 Astronomical unit, AU once every 305 years and 3 months (111,504 days), similar to Makemake (dwarf planet), Makemake, 19521 Chaos, Chaos and other bodies that circle the Sun in 6:11 Resonant trans-Neptunian object, resonance to Neptune. Its orbit has an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity of 0.05 and an orbital inclination, inclination of 26Degree (angle), ° with respect to the ecliptic. Using the best-fit values for its orbit, it is expected to come to perihelion in 2109. It has been observed 28 times over 3 oppositions and has an uncertainty parameter of 5. As of 2016, is 46.1 AU from the Sun. The body's spectral type as well as its rotation period remain unknown. Brown assumes an Albedo#Astronomical albedo, albedo of 0.09 and magnitude of 4.5, resulting in an estimated diameter of 574 kilometers. However, because the albedo is unknown and it has a currently estimated absolute magnitude of , its diameter could easily fall between 414 and 933 km for an assumed albedo between 0.25 and 0.05, respectively.


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Large New Trans-Neptunian Object Discovered
(BAA Blog : 9 June 2010)

(OCKS is a Southern sky survey searching for Kuiper Belt objects and dwarf planets) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:2010 KZ39 Scattered disc and detached objects, # Minor planet object articles (unnumbered) Possible dwarf planets, # Astronomical objects discovered in 2010, 20100521 Discoveries by Chad Trujillo, #