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12 Oct 2016, 9:23 am

http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K16/K16TA4.html

2014 UZ224 joins Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Ceres and the rest of the Dwarf Planet family.

Perihelion ~38 AU, Aphelion ~180 AU, apparent magnitude 23.2, absolute magnitude 3.5, orbital period 1136.42 years

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