--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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-- 2003 QY90 --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered2003 Aug 24from Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chileby M. W. Buie.Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Aug 27.
Companion discovered2003 Oct 23usingimaging observations.Announced2003 Oct 29.
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©2003-2012, 2014by Wm. Robert Johnston.
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