A Tale of Two TNOs

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1642r&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1642

Computer Science

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We present observations of two TNOs, 2010 FD49 and 2010 FE49, recently discovered by La Silla QUEST and sharing intriguingly similar color and orbital elements. We formulate a metric and compare their orbit/color separation to the closest pairs of the larger TNO population. We find the pair to be as significant as pairs drawn from the Haumea family. We also integrate clones to determine the stability of the association. It is possible that the two objects once formed a binary that separated several hundred Myr ago, or they are the first discovered members of a new collisional family.

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