Discovered by Palomar Observatory MPC designation (119979) 2002 WC19 Observation arc 3978 days (10.89 yr) | Discovery date 16 November 2002 Minor planet category Twotino Aphelion 60.732 AU (9.0854 Tm) | |
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(119979) 2002 WC19, also written as (119979) 2002 WC19, is a twotino, i.e. it is in a 1:2 orbital resonance with Neptune. It was discovered on November 16, 2002 at the Palomar Observatory. It is probably a dwarf planet.
Knowing how many twotinos there are may reveal whether Neptune took roughly 1 million or 10 million years to migrate about 7 AU from its birth location.
Satellite
A natural satellite was reported to be orbiting (119979) 2002 WC19 on February 27, 2007. It is estimated to be 2,760 ± 250 km from the primary and to be around 139 kilometres (86 mi) in diameter.
References
(119979) 2002 WC19 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA