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(15809) 1994 JS

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Discovery date
  
11 May 1994

Minor planet category
  
TNO 3:5 resonance

Aphelion
  
51.341 AU (7.6805 Tm)

Inclination
  
14.036°

Orbits
  
Sun

MPC designation
  
(15809) 1994 JS

Observation arc
  
2259 days (6.18 yr)

Discovered
  
11 May 1994

Argument of perihelion
  
236.87°

Discoverers
  
Jane Luu, David C. Jewitt

Discovered by
  
David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu

Discovery site
  
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

Similar
  
(15788) 1993 SB, 53311 Deucalion, S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1, (119951) 2002 KX14, (15810) 1994 JR1

(15809) 1994 JS is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt, beyond Pluto. It is in a 3:5 orbital resonance with Neptune.

References

(15809) 1994 JS Wikipedia