(528381) 2008 ST291

(528381) 2008 ST291
Orbit of (528381) 2008 ST291
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byM. E. Schwamb
M. E. Brown
D. L. Rabinowitz
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date24 September 2008
Designations
(528381) 2008 ST291
2008 ST291
TNO · SDO
res 1:6[3]
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc9.27 yr (3,385 d)
Aphelion157.437 AU (23.5522 Tm)
Perihelion42.3114440 AU (6.32970193 Tm)
99.8742972 AU (14.94098220 Tm)
Eccentricity0.5763530
998.30 yr (364,629 d)
23.349°
0° 0m 3.6s / day
Inclination20.758°
330.97°
324.65°
Physical characteristics
549 km (est.)[5]
584 km (est.)[3]
612 km[6][7][a]
345–773 km[7][b]
0.09 (assumed)[3][5]
22.24[6]
4.4[1][4]
4.3[6]
4.6[5]

(528381) 2008 ST291, provisional designation 2008 ST291, is a 1:6 resonant trans-Neptunian object located in the outermost region of the Solar System that takes almost a thousand years to complete an orbit around the Sun.[5] It was discovered on 24 September 2008 by American astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown and David Rabinowitz at the Palomar Observatory in California, with no known earlier precovery images.[1]

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