2006 BZ8

Centaur and damocloid yes 2006 BZ 8 #C7FF8F CSS Catalina Stn. 23 January 2006(first observed only) 2006 BZ 8 centaurdamocloidunusualdistant 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) 2 1.71 yr (623 days) 17.303 AU 1.918 AU 9.611 AU 0.8004 29.79 yr (10,882 d) 234.837° 0.0330808 ms / day 165.301° 183.673° 82.220° 0.9970 AU 0.2084 AU 1.6202 AU –1.035 9.0–24.5 km 5.960 0.003 h 0.020 0.022 0.010 14.17 0.13 (linear)Linear fit of CSS V-band photometry using a phase slope of β 0.054 0.008 mag per degree of phase angle.13.82 0.15 (H-G)Two-parameter H-G modeling of V-band CSS photometry takes the opposition effect into account, yielding an absolute magnitude of H 13.82 0.15 and a slope parameter of G -0.12 0.10. 2006 BZ 8 is a dark centaur and damocloid on a retrograde and highly eccentric orbit from the outer region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 23 January 2006 by the Catalina Sky Survey at the Catalina Station near Tucson, Arizona, United States. It has not been observed since 2008. This unusual object is estimated around 9–23.5 km mi off 2 us in diameter. See also List of notable asteroids Retrograde and highly inclined 2006 RJ 2 – retrograde centaur, damocloid, and potential co-orbital with Saturn 2017 SV 13 – another retrograde centaur, damocloid, and potential co-orbital with Saturn Notes 30em References 30em 2007-10-08 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2006 BZ8) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3313978 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 8 August 2021 2006 BZ8 https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2006+BZ8 Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union 8 August 2021 List Of Other Unusual Objects https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/t_others.html Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union 8 August 2021 8 August 2021 List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnoslist.html Wm. Robert Johnston Johnston's Archive 18 August 2020 8 August 2021 Photometry of Damocloid Asteroid 2006 BZ8 http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/2018MPBu...45...64H Carl W. Hergenrother January 2018 45 1 64–65 The Minor Planet Bulletin 2018MPBu...45...64H 8 August 2021 External links 2006 BZ8, Seiichi Yoshida, MISAO Project, 31 July 2010 3313978 August 2021 # Category:Damocloids # Category:Minor planet object articles (unnumbered) Category:Discoveries by the Catalina Sky Survey 20060123 Category:Minor planets with a retrograde orbit