Discovery date 6 February 1997 Alternative names none Observation arc 5880 days (16.10 yr) Inclination 1.45231° | MPC designation (33001) 1997 CU29 Minor planet category TNO (cubewano) Discovered 6 February 1997 Argument of perihelion 259.868° Discovery site Mauna Kea Observatories | |
Discovered by David C. JewittJane X. LuuChadwick A. TrujilloJun Chen Similar S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1, (119951) 2002 KX14, 53311 Deucalion, (19308) 1996 TO66, (84922) 2003 VS2 | ||
(33001) 1997 CU29, also written as (33001) 1997 CU29 is a cubewano. It has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at 41.660 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach from the Sun) of 45.134 AU. 1997 CU29 is about 211 km in diameter. It was discovered on February 6, 1997, by David C. Jewitt, Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo, and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.
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