(76146)_2000_EU16

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(76146) 2000 EU16

Small asteroid and quasi-satellite of Ceres

(76146) 2000 EU16 is a small asteroid discovered by LINEAR on 3 March 2000, and the only known quasi-satellite of the dwarf planet asteroid 1 Ceres. From the perspective of Ceres, its orbit traces an analemma.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "(76146) = 2000 EU16 = 2002 TO288". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 76146 (2000 EU16)" (2021-10-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    The analemma criterion: accidental quasi-satellites are indeed true quasi-satellites C. de la Fuente Marcos & R. de la Fuente Marcos, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 462, Issue 3, 01 November 2016, Pages 3344–3349
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