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Discovery of 1996 TL66

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Chronological records

1996

Jane Luu1996

Science / Astronomy

Luu and colleagues identify 1996 TL66, an object on a highly eccentric orbit associated with the scattered trans-Neptunian population.

Names involved

Jane Luu

Provenance

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