(15875) 1996 TP66

(15875) 1996 TP66
Orbital diagram with 1996 TP66 being well inside the orbit of Neptune as of 2008
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJ. X. Luu
D. C. Jewitt
C. Trujillo
Discovery siteMauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date11 October 1996
Designations
(15875) 1996 TP66
1996 TP66
TNO[2] · plutino[3][4]
distant[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc12.03 yr (4,394 d)
Aphelion51.960 AU
Perihelion26.317 AU
39.139 AU
Eccentricity0.3276
244.86 yr (89,435 d)
28.208°
0° 0m 14.4s / day
Inclination5.7000°
316.68°
74.784°
Physical characteristics
154±34 km[4][5]
0.074[4][5]
RR[6]
B–V = 1.050[6]
V–R = 0.660[6]
V–I = 1.310[6]
21.6[7]
6.79±0.33[8]
7.0[1][2]
7.39[9][10]
7.51±0.09[5]

(15875) 1996 TP66 (provisional designation 1996 TP66) is a resonant trans-Neptunian object of the plutino population, located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 154 kilometers (96 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 11 October 1996, by astronomers Jane Luu, David C. Jewitt and Chad Trujillo at the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in the United States.[1] The very reddish RR-type with a highly eccentric orbit has been near its perihelion around the time of its discovery. This minor planet was numbered in 2000 and has since not been named. It is probably not a dwarf planet candidate.

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