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(15820) 1994 TB

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Discovery date
  
2 October 1994

Alternative names
  
none

Observation arc
  
5210 days (14.26 yr)

Inclination
  
12.139°

Orbits
  
Sun

Discoverers
  
David C. Jewitt, Jun Chen

MPC designation
  
(15820) 1994 TB

Minor planet category
  
TNO (plutino)

Discovered
  
2 October 1994

Argument of perihelion
  
99.267°

Discovery site
  
Mauna Kea Observatories

Discovered by
  
D. C. Jewitt and J. Chen

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

(15820) 1994 TB is a trans-Neptunian object residing in the Kuiper belt. It is in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune, similar to Pluto. It was discovered on October 2, 1994, by David C. Jewitt and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatory, in Hawaii.

References

(15820) 1994 TB Wikipedia


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