(15875) 1996 TP66

Infobox Planet
bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=mp|(15875) 1996 TP|66
discovery=yes
discoverer=C. Trujillo, D. C. Jewitt, and J. X. Luu
discovered=October 11, 1996
mp_name=mp|(15875) 1996 TP|66
alt_names="none"
mp_category=TNO (plutino)
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=5864.538 Gm (39.202 AU)
perihelion=3942.414 Gm (26.353 AU)
aphelion=7786.662 Gm (52.051 AU)
eccentricity=0.328 [ [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html List of known trans-Neptunian objects ] ]
period=89652.206 d (245.45 a)
inclination=5.693°
asc_node=316.751°
arg_peri=75.113°
mean_anomaly=9.865°
avg_speed=4.63 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=<311 -89/+86kmStansberry, Grundy, Brown, Spencer, Trilling, Cruikshank, Luc Margot "Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope" (2007) [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702538v1 Preprint arXiv] ]
mass=4.5e|19 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0978 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.1850 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=6.8
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~44 K

mp|(15875) 1996 TP|66, also written as (15875) 1996 TP66, is a trans-Neptunian object residing in the Kuiper belt. It is in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune similar to Pluto. It was discovered on October 11, 1996 by Chad Trujillo, David C. Jewitt, and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.

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