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2002 CY248

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Discovery date
  
2002

Observation arc
  
4021 days (11.01 yr)

MPC designation
  
2002 CY248

Aphelion
  
53.097 AU (7.9432 Tm)

Discovered by
  
D. E. Trilling, L. H. Wasserman, E. I. Chiang, J. R. Lovering

Discovery site
  
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, United States

2002 CY248, also written 2002 CY248, is a large classical Kuiper belt object with an absolute magnitude of 5.0 and an albedo of 0.07. It is about 383 kilometres (238 mi) in diameter. It is possibly a dwarf planet.

References

2002 CY248 Wikipedia