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    (208996) 2003 AZ84 (provisional designation 2003 AZ84) is a trans-Neptunian object with a possible moon located in the outer regions of the Solar System...
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  • the namesake of this group. The next largest members are Orcus, (208996) 2003 AZ84, and Ixion. Plutinos are named after mythological creatures associated...
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    resonant (532037) 2013 FY27 742+78 −83 ? 0.17 ? "highly likely" N/A SDO (208996) 2003 AZ84 723 or 772±12 0.76 0.10 "highly likely" plutino (2:3 resonant) 28978...
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    TNOs have been previously observed through occultation, such as (208996) 2003 AZ84 which has a depression feature at least 8 km (5 mi) deep. The topographic...
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    planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003. His team has discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including the...
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    Vieira-Martins, R.; et al. (July 2017). "Study of the Plutino Object (208996) 2003 AZ84 from Stellar Occultations: Size, Shape, and Topographic Features"...
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  • numbered plutinos include: 134340 Pluto 90482 Orcus (208996) 2003 AZ84 (455502) 2003 UZ413 (84922) 2003 VS2 28978 Ixion (84719) 2002 VR128 (469372) 2001 QF298...
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    (in this case, (29075) 1950 DA). The asteroid 69230 Hermes was found in 2003 and numbered, but was found to be a discovery from 1937 which had been named...
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    University of Hawaiʻi in 2000. Between 2000 and 2003 Trujillo was a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. In 2003, he started working as an astronomer at the Gemini...
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    other TNO 43.5 0.14 26 37.4 49.7 albedo: 0.202 catalog · MPC · JPL (208996) 2003 AZ84 2003 Palomar C. Trujillo M. E. Brown 723 plutino 39.3 0.18 14 32.2 46...
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