(709487) 2013 BL76

(709487) 2013 BL76
The orbits of some of the most distant minor planets, 2013 BL76 at top left
Discovery[1][2][3]
Discovered byMt. Lemmon Survey
Discovery date20 January 2013
Designations
2013 BL76
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 1
Observation arc1.88 yr (687 days)
Aphelion
Perihelion8.3622 AU
  • 1080.07 AU
  • ~964 AU[a]
Eccentricity0.9923
  • 35,496 yr (12,965,058 d)
  • ~29900 yr[a]
  • last perihelion: 2012-10-27
0.0493°
0° 0m 0s / day
Inclination98.613°
180.20°
165.96°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
22.1[7]
10.8[1][5]

(709487) 2013 BL76 is a trans-Neptunian object and centaur[4] from the scattered disk and Inner Oort cloud approximately 30 kilometers in diameter.

Using an epoch of February 2017, it is the minor planet with the 5th largest heliocentric semi-major axis in the Solar System (larger ones include 2014 FE72, 2012 DR30, and 2005 VX3).[8] 2013 BL76 has a barycentric semi-major axis of ~964 AU,[9][a] which is the third largest barycentric semi-major axis of any minor planet.

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