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Large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc

2021 DR₁₅
Discovery
Discovered by	S. S. Sheppard D. J. Tholen C. Trujillo
Discovery site	Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date	17 February 2021
Designations
MPC designation	2021 DR₁₅
Minor planet category	TNO · SDO p-DP · distant
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 21 January 2022 (JD 2459600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 5
Observation arc	16.74 yr (6,115 days)
Earliest precovery date	10 March 2005
Aphelion	96.518 AU
Perihelion	37.824 AU
Semi-major axis	67.171 AU
Eccentricity	0.4369
Orbital period (sidereal)	551 yr
Mean anomaly	334.122°
Mean motion	0° 0 6.445 / day
Inclination	30.691
Longitude of ascending node	334.122
Argument of perihelion	21.846
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	600–800 km (for albedo = est. 0.1–0.2)
Apparent magnitude	23.2
Absolute magnitude (H)	3.61±0.15 · 3.61

2021 DR₁₅ is a large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc, around 700 kilometres (430 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 February 2021, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo using the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope of the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, and announced on 17 December 2021. It was 89.4 astronomical units from the Sun when it was discovered, making it the ninth-most distant known Solar System object from the Sun as of December 2021. It has been identified in several precovery images as far back as 10 March 2005.

References

^ "MPEC 2021-Y28 : 2021 DR15". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2021 DR15)" (2021-12-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
"List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "2021 DR15". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
"Asteroid Size Estimator". Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

2021 DR15 at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
2021 DR15 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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Scattered disc objects	Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà Dziewanna 1996 GQ₂₁ 1996 TL₆₆ 2001 UR₁₆₃ 2002 TC₃₀₂ 2004 XA₁₉₂ 2005 QU₁₈₂ 2005 RM₄₃ 2006 QH181 2008 OG₁₉ 2010 KZ39 2010 RE₆₄ 2010 RF₄₃ 2010 JO179 2010 TJ 2010 VZ₉₈ 2013 FY₂₇ 2014 AN₅₅ 2014 EZ₅₁ 2014 UZ224 2014 WK₅₀₉ 2015 KH162 2015 RR245 2017 FO161 2018 AG37 2018 VG18 2021 DR15 2021 LL37
Detached objects	2003 FY₁₂₈ 2003 QX₁₁₃ 2004 XR₁₉₀ 2005 TB₁₉₀ 2007 JJ₄₃ 2008 ST₂₉₁
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