--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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-- 2005 GD187 --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered2005 Apr 12from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USAby M. W. Buie.
Companion discovered2009 Jan 21usingHubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope.Announced2011.
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