2020 FY₃₀

2020 FY₃₀
	Orbit of 2020 FY30
Discovery
Discovered by	Scott S. Sheppard; David J. Tholen; Chad Trujillo;
Discovery site	Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date	24 March 2020; (first imaged)
Designations
MPC designation	2020 FY30
Minor planet category	SDO; TNO; distant;
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 27 March 2020 (JD 2458996.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 9
Observation arc	0.82 yr (300 days)
Aphelion	107.687±39.992 AU
Perihelion	35.577±7.749 AU
Semi-major axis	71.632±26.602 AU
Eccentricity	0.50333±0.29262
Orbital period (sidereal)	606.28±337.70 yr
Mean anomaly	238.823°±190.640°
Mean motion	0° 0m 5.853s / day
Inclination	13.858°±0.129°
Longitude of ascending node	67.258°±0.375°
Argument of perihelion	301.441°±71.686°
Neptune MOID	≈ 7.4 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	517 km (estimate)
Apparent magnitude	24.3
Absolute magnitude (H)	4.666±0.160; 4.71;

2020 FY₃₀ is a distant trans-Neptunian object that was discovered 100 AU (15 billion km) from the Sun by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo on 24 March 2020.^[1] Announced on 14 February 2021, it is one of the most distant observable known objects in the Solar System.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MPEC 2021-C282 : 2020 FY30". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2020 FY30". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2020 FY30)" (2021-01-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 February 2021.