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(471143) 2010 EK139 is a dwarf planet candidate. It has an apparent magnitude of ~19.9 and is currently 39.1AU from the Sun. This is a composite of 3 photos with the 1.3meter Warsaw Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory. The "bright" star almost directly below 2010 EK139 is apmag 17.3.

OCKS: OGLE Carnegie Kuiper belt Survey

2010-03-13 (discovery image)

OCKS: OGLE Carnegie Kuiper belt Survey

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Credit: OCKS: OGLE Carnegie Kuiper belt Survey and Udalski, Sheppard, Kubiak, Trujillo