- 2006 RJ103
mp|2006 RJ|103 (also written 2006 RJ103) is a
Neptune Trojan discovered by the SDSS Collaboration in 2006. Only five others are known: mpl|2001 QR|322, mpl|2004 UP|10, mpl|2005 TN|53, mpl|2005 TO|74 and mpl|2007 VL|305. They have the same orbital period asNeptune and orbit at the L4Lagrangian point about 60 degrees ahead of Neptunecite web
title=List Of Neptune Trojans
publisher=Minor Planet Center
url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NeptuneTrojans.html
accessdate=2008-05-08]With an
absolute magnitude of 7.5,cite web
title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2006 RJ103
url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2006RJ103
accessdate=2008-05-08] it has a diameter in the range of 85 to 190 km.cite web
title=Absolute Magnitude (H)
url=http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/glossary/h.html
accessdate=2008-05-08]References
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2006RJ103;orb=1;view=Far Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2006RJ103 Ephemeris]
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