(76146) 2000 EU16

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(76146) 2000 EU16
Discovery [1]
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery site Lincoln Lab ETS
Discovery date3 March 2000
Designations
(76146) 2000 EU16
2002 TO288
main-belt  ·(middle)
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 21 January 2022 (JD 2459600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22.85 yr (8,345 days)
Aphelion 2.5806 AU
Perihelion 2.306 AU
2.766 AU
Eccentricity 0.1665
4.60 yr (1,680 days)
130.990°
0° 12m 51.133s / day
Inclination 8.850°
334.258°
347.850°
Physical characteristics [2]
3.493±1.139  km
0.252±0.112
14.38 [2] [1]

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

    References

    1. 1 2 "(76146) = 2000 EU16 = 2002 TO288". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
    2. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 76146 (2000 EU16)" (2021-10-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 13 December 2021.
    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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