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| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Marc W. Buie |
| Discovery date | 27 April 2006 |
| Designations | |
| 2006 HJ123 | |
| Minor planet category | TNO (plutino)[2] |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
| Observation arc | 1838 days (5.03 yr) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 51.444 astronomical unit|AU (7.6959 Tm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 27.626 AU (4.1328 Tm) |
| 39.535 AU (5.9144 Tm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.30123 |
| Orbital period | 248.59 yr (90798.1 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 309.05° |
| Mean motion | 0° 0m 14.273s /day |
| Inclination | 12.433° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 222.53° |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | ≈ 26 April 2051[3] ±1 days |
| 101.59° | |
| Earth MOID | 26.636 AU (3.9847 Tm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 22.7401 AU (3.40187 Tm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 283.1+142.3−110.8 km[5] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.136+0.308−0.089[5] |
| Physics | ~44 K |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 5.32 ± 0.66,[5] 5.7[4] |
2006 HJ123 (also written 2006 HJ123) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 2006 by Marc W. Buie. The object is a plutino (in 2:3 resonance with Neptune).[2]
The size of 2006 HJ123 was measured by the Herschel Space Telescope to be 283+142−111 km.[5]