--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, Cubewano orbital data, primary (osculating elements)[JPL]:
orbital data, secondary:
| other data, system (combined):
other data, primary:
other data, secondary:
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--(612239) 2001 QC298 --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered2001 Aug 21from Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chileby M. W. Buie.Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Jul 29. Permanent number assigned 28 Mar 2022.
Companion discovered2002 Oct 04usingHubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope.Announced2002 Dec 17.
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