Orbital elements and other data (Assumed or derived values in parenthesis, my estimates in italics and parenthesis. Source identifications in brackets, see this link for sources):

--(47171) 1999 TC36--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1 October 1999 by E. P. Rubenstein and L.-G. Strolger from Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA.

Companion discovered from 8 December 2001 observations by C. A. Trujillo and M. E. Brown using the Hubble Space Telescope; announced 10 January 2002.

See more information and links at Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog page

--Links, more technical:

• IAUC 7787.
• IAUC 7807.
• Binary trans-Neptunian 1999 TC36.
• First observation of 1999 TC36.

--Links, less technical:

--Links to ADS abstracts:

• Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., & Dotto, E. 2004, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts Heterogeneity/homogeneity on the TNO and Centaur surfaces
• Margot, J. L., Brown, M. E., Trujillo, C. A., & Sari, R. 2004, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts HST observations of Kuiper Belt binaries
• Boehnhardt, Hermann, Barucci, Antonella, Delsanti, Audrey, De Bergh, Catherine, Doressoundiram, Alain, Romon, Jennifer, Dotto, Elisabetta, Tozzi, Gianpaolo, Lazzarin, Monica, Fornasier, Sonia, Peixinho, Nuno, Hainaut, Olivier, Davies, John, Rousselot, Philippe, Barrera, Luis, Birkle, Kurt, Meech, Karen, Ortiz, JoseLuis, Sekiguchi, Tomohiko, Watanabe, Jun-ichi, Thomas, Nick, & West, Richard 2003, Earth Moon and Planets Results from the Eso Large Program on Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
• Altenhoff, W. J., Bertoldi, F., & Menten, K. M. 2004, Astronomy and Astrophysics Size estimates of some optically bright KBOs
• Dotto, E., Barucci, M. A., Boehnhardt, H., Romon, J., Doressoundiram, A., Peixinho, N., de Bergh, C., & Lazzarin, M. 2003, Icarus Searching for water ice on 47171 1999 TC36, 1998 SG35, and 2000 QC243: ESO large program on TNOs and centaurs*
• Ortiz, J. L., Gutiérrez, P. J., Casanova, V., & Sota, A. 2003, Astronomy and Astrophysics A study of short term rotational variability in TNOs and Centaurs from Sierra Nevada Observatory
• Licandro, J., Campins, H., de Leon Cruz, J., Gil-Hutton, R., & Lara-Lopez, L. M. 2003, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Near infrared spectroscopy of TNOs, Centaurs and comet nuclei.
• Dotto, E., Barucci, M. A., Boehnhardt, H., Romon, J., Doressoundiram, A., Peixinho, N., de Bergh, C., & Lazzarin, M. 2003, Icarus Searching for water ice on 47171 1999 TC36, 1998 SG35, and 2000 QC243: ESO large program on TNOs and centaurs*
• Peixinho, N., Doressoundiram, A., & Romon-Martin, J. 2002, New Astronomy Visible-IR colors and lightcurve analysis of two bright TNOs: 1999 TC₃₆ and 1998 SN₁₆₅
• Delsanti, A. C., Boehnhardt, H., Barrera, L., Meech, K. J., Sekiguchi, T., & Hainaut, O. R. 2001, Astronomy and Astrophysics BVRI Photometry of 27 Kuiper Belt Objects with ESO/Very Large Telescope
• Brown, M. E. 2000, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #32, #20.08 Near-infrared spectroscopy of Kuiper belt objects
• Griffin, I. P., Brady, N., Greatrex, R., Bredenkamp, T., & Marsden, B. G. 2000, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 2000-O37 (2000). 1999 TC36
• Luu, J. X., Jewitt, D. C., Trujillo, C. A., Tholen, D., Sheppard, S., Rubenstein, E. P., Smith, C. R., Strolger, L.-G., Hergenrother, C. W., & Marsden, B. G. 1999, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1999-Y19 (1999). 1999 RV214

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