2013 FY27 also written 2013 FY27 is a trans-Neptunian object that belongs to the scattered disc (like Eris). Its discovery was announced on 31 March 2014. It has an absolute magnitude (H) of 3.0 which makes it very likely to be a dwarf planet. Assuming an albedo of 0.15 it would be approximately 850 km in diameter. It is the ninth-intrinsically-brightest known trans-Neptunian object.2013 FY27 will come to perihelion around 2198 at a distance of about 36 AU.
apoapsis (km)
1.23568e+13
orbital period (μ)
1.0414e+09
periapsis (km)
5.34064e+12
absolute magnitude
3.0, 3.3
albedo
0.1, 0.15
apparent magnitude
22.1
discovery date
2013-03-17, 2014-03-31
discoverer
Chad Trujillo, Scott S. Sheppard, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
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