Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Mount Lemmon Survey (G96) |
Discovery date | February 27, 2015 |
Designations | |
2015 DB216 | |
Uranus co-orbital centaur [2] · distant | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 2 | |
Observation arc | 13.17 yr (4,812 days) |
Aphelion | 25.478 AU |
Perihelion | 12.944 AU |
19.211 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.3262 |
84.20 yr (30,755 days) | |
314.27° | |
0° 0m 42.12s / day | |
Inclination | 37.709° |
6.2797° | |
237.99° | |
Jupiter MOID | 8.37627 AU (1.253072 Tm) |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 44–160 km[1] |
20.8 (2015) 20.7 (2016) 19.4 (2029; peak) | |
8.4 | |
(472651) 2015 DB216 is a centaur and Uranus co-orbital discovered on February 27, 2015, by the Mount Lemmon Survey. It is the second known centaur on a horseshoe orbit with Uranus, and the third Uranus co-orbital discovered after 2011 QF99 (a Trojan) and 83982 Crantor (a horseshoe librator). A second Uranian Trojan, 2014 YX49, was announced in 2017.[3]