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(137295) 1999 RB216

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Discovery date
  
8 September 1999

Alternative names
  
none

Observation arc
  
5116 days (14.01 yr)

MPC designation
  
(137295) 1999 RB216

Minor planet category
  
twotino

Discovered by
  
C. A. Trujillo, D. C. Jewitt, and J. X. Luu

(137295) 1999 RB216, also written as 1999 RB216, is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on September 8, 1999, by Chad Trujillo, David C. Jewitt, and Jane X. Luu.

It is in a 2:1 orbital resonance with the planet Neptune.

References

(137295) 1999 RB216 Wikipedia


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