is a trans-Neptunian object

Trans-Neptunian object

A trans-Neptunian object is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune.The first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered was Pluto in 1930...

. Light-curve-amplitude analysis shows only small deviations, suggesting is a spheroid with small albedo spots and hence a dwarf planet. It was discovered in 1999 by Chad Trujillo

Chad Trujillo

Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris.Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects , which is the outer area of the solar system that he specialized in. In late August 2005, it was...

 and Jane X. Luu

Jane Luu

-Early life:Luu was born in 1963 in South Vietnam to a father who worked as a translator for the U.S. Army. Her father taught her French as a child, beginning her lifelong love of languages....

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It is classified as a resonant

Resonant trans-Neptunian object

In astronomy, a resonant trans-Neptunian object is a trans-Neptunian object in mean motion orbital resonance with Neptune. The orbital periods of the resonant objects are in a simple integer relations with the period of Neptune e.g. 1:2, 2:3 etc...

as its 417-year orbit is in 2:5 resonance with Neptune's orbit. Spectral analysis has shown traces of ice.

External links

• Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris