2019_EU5

<span class="nowrap">2019 EU<sub>5</sub></span>

2019 EU5

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2019 EU5 is an extreme trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc on a highly eccentric orbit in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 5 March 2019, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo at Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, and announced on 17 December 2021.[1] It was 83.4 astronomical units from the Sun when it was discovered, making it one of the most distant known Solar System objects from the Sun as of December 2021.[1] It has been identified in precovery images from 6 January 2016.[2]

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    "MPEC 2021-Y19 : 2019 EU15". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2019 EU15)" (2021-01-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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    "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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    "2019 EU15". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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    "Horizons System". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021. (Solution using the Solar System barycenter. Ephemeris Type: Osculating Orbital Elements, Coordinate Center: 500@0, Time Specification: JD 2459600.5)
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    "Asteroid Size Estimator". Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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