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(87269) 2000 OO67

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Discovery date
  
29 July 2000

Minor planet category
  
TNO Centaur

Orbital period
  
12,704 years

Orbits
  
Sun

Alternative names
  
none

Observation arc
  
2187 days (5.99 yr)

Discovered
  
29 July 2000

Asteroid group
  
Centaur

(87269) 2000 OO67

Aphelion
  
1,013.504 AU (151.6180 Tm)

Perihelion
  
20.7726 AU (3.10754 Tm)

Discovered by
  
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

Discovery site
  
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

Similar
  
Sun, (148209) 2000 CR105, Solar System, 2007 TG422

87269 2000 oo67


(87269) 2000 OO67 (also written (87269) 2000 OO67) is a small trans-Neptunian object (TNO) discovered by the Deep Ecliptic Survey in 2000. It is remarkable for its highly eccentric orbit. At aphelion it is over 1,000 AU from the Sun and, with a perihelion of 21 AU, almost crosses the orbit of Uranus at closest approach. Some astronomers list it as a centaur.

(87269) 2000 OO67 came to perihelion in April 2005.

Both (87269) 2000 OO67 and 2006 SQ372 take longer than Sedna to orbit the Sun using either heliocentric coordinates or barycentric coordinates.

References

(87269) 2000 OO67 Wikipedia