Discovery[1][2] | |
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Discovered by | M. E. Schwamb M. E. Brown D. L. Rabinowitz |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 24 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 arc | 9.27 yr (3,385 d) |
Aphelion | 157.437 AU (23.5522 Tm) |
Perihelion | 42.3114440 AU (6.32970193 Tm) |
99.8742972 AU (14.94098220 Tm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.5763530 |
998.30 yr (364,629 d) | |
23.349° | |
0° 0m 3.6s / day | |
Inclination | 20.758° |
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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