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(16684) 1994 JQ1

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Discovery date
  
11 May 1994

Minor planet category
  
TNO (cubewano)

Aphelion
  
46.514 AU (6.9584 Tm)

Inclination
  
3.73761°

Orbits
  
Sun

Alternative names
  
none

Observation arc
  
2569 days (7.03 yr)

Discovered
  
11 May 1994

Argument of perihelion
  
246.847°

Discovered by
  
Michael J. Irwin Anna N. Zytkow

Discovery site
  
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Discoverers
  
Anna N. Żytkow, Mike Irwin

Similar
  
S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1, (119951) 2002 KX14, 53311 Deucalion, 2008 ST291, (19308) 1996 TO66

(16684) 1994 JQ1, also written as (16684) 1994 JQ1, is a trans-Neptunian object of the cubewano class. It was discovered on May 11, 1994, by Michael J. Irwin and Anna N. Zytkow.

(16684) 1994 JQ1 is the third cubewano to be given an official Minor Planet Center catalog number. The first two official cubewanos are (15760) 1992 QB1 and (15807) 1994 GV9.

References

(16684) 1994 JQ1 Wikipedia