2021 DR15

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2021 DR15
Discovery
Perihelion
37.824 AU
67.171 AU
Eccentricity0.4369
551 yr
334.122°
0° 0m 6.445s / day
Inclination30.691
334.122
21.846
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
600–800 km (est. 0.1–0.2)[5]
23.2[1]
3.61±0.15[2] · 3.61[4]

2021 DR15 is a large

astronomical units from the Sun when it was discovered, making it the ninth-most distant known Solar System object from the Sun as of December 2021.[1] It has been identified in several precovery images as far back as 10 March 2005.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "MPEC 2021-Y28 : 2021 DR15". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2021 DR15)" (2021-12-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "2021 DR15". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Asteroid Size Estimator". Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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