Discovered by MIT Lincoln Laboratory Minor planet category Damocloid centaur Perihelion 2.2212 AU (332.29 Gm) | Discovery date 25 February 2000 Aphelion 19.308 AU (2.8884 Tm) Semi-major axis 10.765 AU (1.6104 Tm) | |
2000 DG8 is a damocloid centaur discovered by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory on 25 February 2000. It is one of about 60 known minor planets with a retrograde orbit around the Sun. It was last observed in 2001 when it came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun), and will next come to perihelion in April 2036. Given the comet-like orbit and low albedo it may be a dormant comet.
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