re: Discovery of a low-eccentricity, high-inclination Kuiper belt object at 58 AU

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SteveS — 12/19/2005 7:24:48 PM (archived)

They finally have Orbit simulation of 2004 XR190

The absolute magnitude of 4.5 makes it around 750 kilometers.

Changing the zoom and date really shows the abnormal inclined orbit.

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"Buffy" the unusual Kuiper Belt Object - SteveS - 12/13/2005 5:00:21 PM
- re: "Buffy" - Raoul - 12/13/2005 5:10:50 PM
  - re:Thanks, dang urls (n/t) - SteveS - 12/13/2005 5:52:08 PM
    - I think astronomers need to stop naming objects - LJK - 12/14/2005 5:58:58 PM
      - But it makes it easy to know what they are describing - SteveS - 12/14/2005 8:43:17 PM
        
        re: But it makes it easy to know what they are describing - LJK - 12/14/2005 8:49:01 PM
      - How about numbers... Like M31 - Scott Evil - 12/14/2005 6:13:29 PM
        
        It's official designation is 2004 XR90 (n/t) - SteveS - 12/14/2005 8:38:56 PM
        
        Discovery of a low-eccentricity, high-inclination Kuiper belt object at 58 AU - LJK - 12/19/2005 4:45:51 PM
        
        re: Discovery of a low-eccentricity, high-inclination Kuiper belt object at 58 AU - SteveS - 12/19/2005 7:24:48 PM

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