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- ↑ Most SDOs have a perihelion distance greater than 35AU and an eccentricity of more than 0.3.
- ↑ "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 05TN74". Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
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