| Discovery date 18 July 1999 Alternative names none Aphelion 51.168 AU (7.6546 Tm) Inclination 24.261° Mean anomaly 62.419° Asteroid family Haumea family | MPC designation (86047) 1999 OY3 Observation arc 2572 days (7.04 yr) Discovered 18 July 1999 Argument of perihelion 303.74° Orbits Sun Discovery site Mauna Kea Observatories | |
| Minor planet category Cubewano (MPC) Extended (DES) | ||
(86047) 1999 OY3, also written as (86047) 1999 OY3, is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt beyond Pluto. It was discovered on July 18, 1999, at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.
Haumea family
1999 OY3 is a candidate member of the Haumea family and probably has a very high albedo.
Of the known Haumea-family members, 2009 OY3 has the dimmest absolute magnitude (H) of the group at 6.8, suggesting that it is also the smallest member of the group.
References
(86047) 1999 OY3 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA