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Revision as of 07:22, 31 July 2005 by Jyril (talk | contribs) (that absolute magnitude was a false alarm)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) The correct title of this article is 2005 FY9. It appears incorrectly here due to technical restrictions.2005 FY9 (also written 2005 FY9) is a very large Kuiper belt object discovered on March 31, 2005 by the team led by Michael Brown. Its discovery was announced on July 29, 2005 on the same day as two other very large trans-Neptunian objects, 2003 EL61 and 2003 UB313.
The designation 2005 FY9 is only provisional. Given the importance of the object and the fact that it may be found on older photographs (precovered), it may receive a proper name soon.
2005 FY9 was detected by the Spitzer space telescope. Initial estimations gave a diameter of 50% to 75% that of Pluto. Therefore it is similar in size to 2003 EL61, although brighter. This makes it the largest Kuiper belt object after 2003 UB313 and Pluto.
The object orbits the Sun every 308 years. Like Pluto's, its orbit is somewhat eccentric and inclined.