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2003 UZ117

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(416400) 2003 UZ117
Hubble Space Telescope image of 2003 UZ117 taken in 2010
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered bySpacewatch
Discovery siteKitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date24 October 2003
Designations
MPC designation(416400) 2003 UZ117
TNO[1][2] · cubewano(?)[3]
distant[4] · Haumea[5]
Extended[6]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc13.23 yr (4,831 days)
Aphelion49.777 AU
Perihelion38.325 AU
44.051 AU
Eccentricity0.1300
292.38 yr (106,791 days)
339.93°
0° 0m 12.24s / day
Inclination27.473°
204.72°
≈ 20 November 2032[7]
±2 days
247.45°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
222+57
−42 km[8]
6 h (poor)[9]
10.61±0.02 h[10]
0.29+0.16
−0.11[8]
BB[11] · C[12]
4.92±0.01 (R)[13] · 4.920±0.083 (R)[14] · 5.18±0.03[11] · 5.22[15] · 5.27[12] · 5.27±0.02[16] · 5.3[1] · 5.4[17]

(416400) 2003 UZ117 is a trans-Neptunian object and member of the Haumea family, located in the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 24 October 2003, by astronomers of the Spacewatch survey project at Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona.[4] The object may also be a non-resonant cubewano.[3]

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cite error: The named reference jpldata was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  2. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference MPC-TNO-list was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  3. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference johnstonsarchive-TNO-list was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  4. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference MPC-object was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Pinilla-Alonso-2009 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  6. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Buie was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  7. ↑ JPL Horizons Observer Location: @sun (Perihelion occurs when deldot changes from negative to positive. Uncertainty in time of perihelion is 3-sigma.)
  8. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference TNOsCool14 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  9. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Perna-2008 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  10. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Thirouin-2016a was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
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  13. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Jewitt-2007 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  14. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Peixinho-2012 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  15. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Tegler-2016 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  16. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Boehnhardt-2014 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  17. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Brown-dplist was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
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