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2019 EU5

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2019 EU5
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. S. Sheppard
D. J. Tholen
C. Trujillo
Discovery siteMauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date5 March 2019
Designations
2019 EU5
TNO[2] · ESDO (detached)[3] · ETNO · distant[4]
Orbital characteristics (barycentric)[5]
Epoch 21 January 2022 (JD 2459600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 4[2]
Observation arc5.03 yr (1,837 days)
Earliest precovery date6 January 2016
Aphelion2,395 AU
Perihelion46.759 AU
1,221 AU
Eccentricity0.9617
42,630 yr
359.331°
0° 0m 0.083s / day
Inclination18.207°
109.227°
109.204°
Physical characteristics
160–220 km (est. 0.1–0.2)[6]
25.6[1]
6.35±0.14[2][4]

2019 EU5 is an extreme trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc on a highly eccentric orbit in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 5 March 2019, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo at Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, and announced on 17 December 2021.[1] It was 83.4 astronomical units from the Sun when it was discovered, making it one of the most distant known Solar System objects from the Sun as of December 2021.[1] It has been identified in precovery images from 6 January 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "MPEC 2021-Y19 : 2019 EU15". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2019 EU15)" (2021-01-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2019 EU15". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Horizons System". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021. (Solution using the Solar System barycenter. Ephemeris Type: Osculating Orbital Elements, Coordinate Center: 500@0, Time Specification: JD 2459600.5)
  6. ^ "Asteroid Size Estimator". Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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