(308193) 2005 CB79 is a trans-Neptunian object that is a member of the Haumea family.As a member of the Haumea family (308193) 2005 CB79 is suspected of being an icy mantle collisional fragment from dwarf planet Haumea. With an absolute magnitude (H) of 4.7 and a Haumea-family albedo of 0.7 this object would have a diameter of 158 km.Observations by Mike Brown in 2012 using the W. M. Keck Observatory suggest that (308193) 2005 CB79 does not have a companion.
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apoapsis (km)
7.35692e+12
orbital period (μ)
8.9469e+09
periapsis (km)
5.55502e+12
absolute magnitude
4.7
albedo
0.7
apparent magnitude
21.1
discoverer
Chad Trujillo, David L. Rabinowitz, Michael E. Brown
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