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is a member of the Kuiper belt
discovered in 2004. It is classified as cubewano
. As of 2011, it is thought to have a diameter of about 580 km. This is up from 554 km in 2008.
It is currently 38.2 AU from the Sun.
Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt , sometimes called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets extending from the orbit of Neptune to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger—20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive...
discovered in 2004. It is classified as cubewano
Cubewano
A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune. Cubewanos have orbits with semi-major axes in the 40–50 AU range and, unlike Pluto, do not cross Neptune’s orbit...
. As of 2011, it is thought to have a diameter of about 580 km. This is up from 554 km in 2008.
It is currently 38.2 AU from the Sun.
External links
- Chart Trajectory by JPL (software needs JAVA)