(612584) 2003 QX113

(612584) 2003 QX113
Hubble Space Telescope image of 2003 QX113 taken in 2006
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byCFEPS[3]: 8 
Discovery siteMauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date31 August 2003
Designations
2003 QX113
L3q03[3]
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2[1] · 3[4]
Observation arc14.34 yr (5,236 d)
Aphelion62.238 AU
Perihelion37.674 AU
49.956 AU
Eccentricity0.2459
353.09 yr (128,966 d)
141.21°
0° 0m 10.08s / day
Inclination6.7261°
158.07°
26.381°
Physical characteristics
423 km (est.)[5][8]
22.85[9]
5.1[1][4]

(612584) 2003 QX113 is a large trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It is one of the most distant objects from the Sun at 60.5 AU. It was discovered by astronomers with the Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey at Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, when it was near aphelion on 31 August 2003. It was provisionally designated 2003 QX113.[1]

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