(19308) 1996 TO66

(19308) 1996 TO66
Hubble Space Telescope image of 1996 TO66 taken in 2005
Discovery
Discovered by
Discovery date12 October 1996
Designations
(19308) 1996 TO66
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc7322 days (20.05 yr)
Aphelion48.375 AU (7.2368 Tm)
Perihelion37.939 AU (5.6756 Tm)
43.157 AU (6.4562 Tm)
Eccentricity0.12090
283.52 yr (103,555 d)
137.16°
0° 0m 12.515s / day
Inclination27.4948°
355.2889°
239.07°
Earth MOID37.0117 AU (5.53687 Tm)
Jupiter MOID33.0091 AU (4.93809 Tm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
7.92 h (0.330 d)
7.92 h
0.7 (assumed)
Temperature~43 K
  • Neutral
  • B−V = 0.68, V−R = 0.39
  • B−V = 0.74, V−R = 0.38
4.5

    (19308) 1996 TO66 (provisional designation 1996 TO66) is a trans-Neptunian object that was discovered in 1996 by Chadwick Trujillo, David Jewitt and Jane Luu. Until 20000 Varuna was discovered, it was the second-largest known object in the Kuiper belt, after Pluto.