(15807) 1994 GV9 explained

Minorplanet:yes
(15807)
Background:
  1. C2E0FF
Discovered:15 April 1994
Mpc Name:(15807)
Epoch:27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty:4
excite_mean 0.077
Observation Arc:20.88 yr (7,627 d)
Perihelion:41.328 AU
Semimajor:43.934 AU
Eccentricity:0.0593
Period:291.21 yr (106,365 d)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:0.5594°
Asc Node:176.57°
Arg Peri:309.63°
Mean Diameter:
Albedo:0.09–0.2
Abs Magnitude:7.4

(provisional designation ) is a trans-Neptunian object from the classical Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System. The cubewano belongs to the orbitally unexcited cold population. It was discovered on 15 April 1994, by astronomers David Jewitt and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatories, near Hilo, Hawaii.

Description

, it is 43.3 AU from the Sun. Currently, the closest approach possible to Neptune (MOID) is 11.2AU. Very little is known about the object. Based on the brightness and distance, it is estimated to be between 100 and 150 km in diameter depending on the albedo.

is the second cubewano to be given an official Minor Planet Center catalog number. The first cubewano is 15760 Albion.

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