| Discovery date 17 September 1993 Alternative names none Observation arc 5839 days (15.99 yr) Discovered 17 September 1993 Orbits Sun | MPC designation (15789) 1993 SC Minor planet category Plutino Orbital period 248 years Inclination 5.1667° | |
| Discovered by Iwan P. Williams,
Alan Fitzsimmons, and
Donal O'Ceallaigh Discovery site Roque de los Muchachos Observatory Discoverers Alan Fitzsimmons, Iwan P. Williams Similar (15788) 1993 SB, 38083 Rhadamanthus, (15810) 1994 JR1, 53311 Deucalion, Sun | ||
(15789) 1993 SC is a trans-Neptunian object of the plutino class. The discovery was made in 1993 at the La Palma Observatory with the Isaac Newton Telescope. It was the second plutino to receive an MPC number.
References
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