Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Jane X. Luu, Chadwick A. Trujillo, David J. Tholen, and David C. Jewitt |
Discovery date | 28 April 1998 |
Designations | |
none | |
TNO (cubewano)[1][2] | |
Orbital characteristics[3] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
Observation arc | 3301 days (9.04 yr) |
Aphelion | 45.69279420 AU (6.835544719 Tm) |
Perihelion | 41.17981243 AU (6.160412255 Tm) |
43.43630331 AU (6.497978486 Tm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.051949 |
286.28 yr (104563 d) | |
68.772637° | |
0° 0m 12.394s / day | |
Inclination | 2.3891912° |
50.396457° | |
128.58135° | |
Physical characteristics | |
139 km[4] | |
7.5 | |
(24978) 1998 HJ151, also written as (24978) 1998 HJ151, is a cubewano. It has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) of 41.339 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach to the Sun) of 45.889 AU. It has a diameter of about 139 km. It was discovered on 28 April 1998, by Jane X. Luu, Chadwick A. Trujillo, David J. Tholen and David C. Jewitt.