--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
TNO, plutino
orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
orbital data, secondary:
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other data, system (combined):
other data, primary:
other data, secondary:
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-- (208996) 2003 AZ84 --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 2003 Jan 13 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by C. A. Trujillo and M. E. Brown. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1996 Mar 19. Permanent number assigned 2009 Mar 11.
Companion discovered 2005 Dec 02 by M. E. Brown and T.-A. Suer using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2007 Feb 22 [B07d].
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