2001 QF298

Infobox Planet
bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=mp|2001 QF|298
discovery=yes
discoverer=Marc W. Buie [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html List Of Transneptunian Objects] ]
discovered=August 19, 2001
mp_name=mp|2001 QF|298
alt_names="none"
mp_category=TNO
Plutinocite web
date=2006 Dec. 21
title=MPEC 2006-X45 : Distant Minor Planets
publisher=Minor Planet Center & Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K06/K06X45.html
accessdate=2008-07-24] cite web
author=Marc W. Buie
date=2006/06/12
title=Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 01QF298
publisher=SwRI (Space Science Department)
url=http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/astrom/01QF298.html
accessdate=2008-07-24]
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=5883.325 Gm (39.328 AU)
perihelion=5219.696 Gm (34.892 AU)
aphelion=6546.954 Gm (43.764 AU)
eccentricity=0.113
period=90083.351 d (246.63 a)
inclination=22.375°
asc_node=164.189°
arg_peri=42.295°
mean_anomaly=139.887°
avg_speed=4.73 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=505 kmcite web
date=22 April 2008
title=List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects
publisher=Johnston's Archive
author=Wm. Robert Johnston
url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html
accessdate=2006-12-17]
mass=1.3e|20? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.1411? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.2670? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=4.61
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~44 K

mp|2001 QF|298, also written as 2001 QF298, is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on August 19, 2001 by Marc W. Buie. It is in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune similar to Pluto.

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