2014 MT69
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2014 MT69 (internally designated 0720090F in the context of the Hubble Space Telescope, and 7 in the context of the New Horizons mission) is a cold classical Kuiper belt object (KBO) and was formerly a potential flyby target for the New Horizons probe.[3] The object measures approximately 20–90 kilometers (12–56 miles) in diameter.[6][4]
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | New Horizons KBO Search |
Discovery site | Hubble Space Telescope |
Discovery date | 24 June 2014 |
Designations | |
2014 MT69 | |
0720090F[2] · 7[3][4] | |
TNO[5] · cubewano[6] distant[1] | |
Orbital characteristics[5] | |
Epoch 18 July 2014 (JD 2456856.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 9 | |
Observation arc | 40 days |
Aphelion | 47.720 AU |
Perihelion | 38.741 AU |
43.231 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1038 |
284.25 yr (103,822 d) | |
275.33° | |
0° 0m 12.6s ± 0° 6m 46.152s / day | |
Inclination | 3.2251° |
140.95° | |
235.94° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 20 km (est.)[6] 27–92 km[7] |
0.09 (est.)[6] 0.04–0.15[4] | |
27.4[4] | |
11.7[5] | |
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