2003 SS422

2003 SS422
Designations
MPC designation 2003 SS422
Detached object
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 2003-10-28.0, JD=2452940.5
Aphelion 353.510 au
Perihelion 39.3688436 au
196.4396300 au
Eccentricity 0.7995881
2753 years
359.21361°
0.00035800°
Inclination 16.81382°
151.08282°
210.77149°
Physical characteristics
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    2003 SS422, is a trans-Neptunian object discovered by Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile on September 28, 2003.

    It is one a small number of detached objects with perihelion distances of 30 AUs or more, and semi-major axes of 200 AU or more.[1] Such objects can not reach such orbits without some perturbing object, which lead to the speculation of Planet Nine.

    A search of SDSS images of the region 2003 SS422 would have been in 2001 turned up no conclusive detections of the asteroid, indicating it is either much dimmer than expected, or on a very different orbit.

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