, provisional designation: , is a centaur, approximately in diameter, orbiting in the outer Solar System between Saturn and Neptune. It was discovered on 16 September 2006, by American astronomers Andrew Becker, Andrew Puckett and Jeremy Kubica at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico.
Orbit and classification
Centaurs have short dynamical lives due to strong interactions with the giant planets. The orbit of is unusually eccentric — near the perihelion it comes under influence of Uranus, while at the aphelion it travels slightly beyond the orbit of Neptune.
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 11.9–32.0 AU once every 103 years and 2 months (37,683 days; semi-major axis of 22.0 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.46 and an inclination of 36° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Apache Point in September 2006.
Physical characteristics
In 2010, thermal flux from in the far-infrared was measured by the Herschel Space Telescope. As a result, its equivalent size was estimated to lie within a range from to .
See also
References
External links
Distant Minor Planets 248835 & 2009 MS9 (Remanzacco Observatory - August 15, 2012) List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects, Minor Planet Center