(523671) 2013 FZ27
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(523671) 2013 FZ27 (provisional designation 2013 FZ27) is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 570 kilometers (350 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 16 March 2013, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at the CTIO in Chile. Numbered in 2018, this minor planet has not been named.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Scott Sheppard Chad Trujillo |
Discovery site | Cerro Tololo (807) |
Discovery date | 16 March 2013 |
Designations | |
(523671) 2013 FZ27 | |
2013 FZ27 | |
TNO[2] · distant[3] other TNO[4] | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 1 | |
Observation arc | 17.07 yr (6,234 d) |
Earliest precovery date | 20 February 2001 |
Aphelion | 58.713 AU |
Perihelion | 37.574 AU |
48.143 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2196 |
334.05 yr (122,013 d) | |
282.75° | |
0° 0m 10.8s / day | |
Inclination | 14.059° |
285.22° | |
341.93° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 561 km (est.)[5] 584 km[4] 335–748 km (calculated, using H=4.5 and albedo = 0.25 ~ 0.05)[6] |
0.09 (est.)[4][5] | |
4.4[2] 4.6[5] | |
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