(620074) 2013 AT183

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(620074) 2013 AT183
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Orbit of 2013 AT183
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Pan-STARRS 1
Discovery site Haleakala Obs.
Discovery date26 January 2012
Designations
2013 AT183
TNO [2]  · SDO [3]  · distant [1]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 4 ·3 [1]
Observation arc 20.20 yr (8,080 d)
Earliest precovery date29 January 2003 [1]
Aphelion 87.592 AU
Perihelion 35.630 AU
61.611 AU
Eccentricity 0.4217
483.61 yr (176,640 d)
68.884°
0° 0m 7.2s / day
Inclination 28.125°
304.59°
68.292°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
160-799 km [2]
0.124 [4]
4.6 [2]  ·4.92 [1]

    (620074) 2013 AT183 (provisional designation 2013 AT183) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the scattered disc, the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 26 January 2012 by the Pan-STARRS 1 sky survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii. [1] First known precovery observation of (620074) 2013 AT183 was carried out in 29 January 2003. [1]

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