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(59358) 1999 CL158

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Discovery date
  
11 February 1999

Alternative names
  
none

Observation arc
  
5907 days (16.17 yr)

Absolute magnitude
  
7

Discovery site
  
Mauna Kea Observatories

MPC designation
  
(59358) 1999 CL148

Minor planet category
  
unstable TNO (DES)

Discovered
  
11 February 1999

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Centaur

Discovered by
  
Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo, David C. Jewitt

Discoverers
  
Jane Luu, Chad Trujillo, David C. Jewitt

Similar
  
S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1, (19308) 1996 TO66, (119951) 2002 KX14, 2008 ST291, (84922) 2003 VS2

59358 1999 cl158


(59358) 1999 CL158, also written as (59358) 1999 CL158, is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on February 11, 1999, by Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo, and David C. Jewitt at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.

Contents

Unstable

Simulations by the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES) show this object may be removed (ejected) from the Solar System over the next 10 million years.

References

(59358) 1999 CL158 Wikipedia