(65407) 2002 RP120

(65407) 2002 RP120
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLONEOS
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date4 September 2002
Designations
(65407) 2002 RP120
2002 RP120
TNO[2] · damocloid[3]
unusual[4] · distant[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc3.35 yr (1,225 d)
Aphelion105.39 AU
Perihelion2.4544 AU
53.920 AU
Eccentricity0.9545
395.95 yr (144,619 d)
15.061°
0° 0m 9s / day
Inclination118.97°
39.263°
357.79°
TJupiter−0.8340
Physical characteristics
14.6±2.8 km[5]
200 h[6]
0.098±0.036[3][5]
B–R = 1.37[3]
12.3[1][2]

(65407) 2002 RP120 (provisional designation 2002 RP120) is a trans-Neptunian object and damocloid from the outer Solar System. Its orbit is retrograde and comet-like, and has a high eccentricity. It was discovered on 4 September 2002 by astronomers with the LONEOS survey at Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, in the United States. The unusual object measures approximately 14.6 kilometers (9.1 miles) in diameter and is likely elongated in shape. It is a slow rotator and potentially a tumbler as well.[7] The object was probably ejected from the ecliptic by Neptune.[citation needed]

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