(202421) 2005 UQ513 also written as 2005 UQ513 is a cubewano with an absolute magnitude of 3.4. Mike Brown’s website lists it as a highly likely dwarf planet. 2005 UQ513 shows signs of weak water ice. Like Quaoar it has a very red spectrum which indicates that its surface probably contains a lot of complex processed organic molecules. Its light curve shows variations of Δm=0.3 mag but no period has been determined.
apoapsis (km)
7.44534e+12
orbital period (μ)
1.81362e+10
periapsis (km)
5.58314e+12
absolute magnitude
3.4
apparent magnitude
20.8
discovery date
2005-10-21
discoverer
Chad Trujillo, David L. Rabinowitz, Michael E. Brown
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