--Orbital and physical data--
(Seethis page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, seethis link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
| dynamical type, primary:TNO, plutino orbital data, primary (osculating elements)[JPL]:
orbital data, second component:
orbital data, third component:
| other data, system (combined):
other data, primary:
other data, second component:
other data, third component:
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--(47171) Lempo --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered1999 Oct 01from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USAby E. P. Rubenstein and L.-G. Strolger.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1974 Jun 18.Permanent number assigned 2002 Sep 21. Named 5 October 2017 for the mythological Finnish devil.
Second component discovered2001 Dec 08 by C. A. Trujillo and M. E. BrownusingHubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope.Announced2002 Jan 10 [T02b]. Named 5 October 2017 for the mythological Finnish demon.
Third component discovered2007 Oct usingHubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope.Announced2007 Oct . Named 5 October 2017 for the mythological Finnish demon.
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