Minor Planet Designation | 88611 Teharonhiawako (provisionally designated 2001 QT259) As a binary object with its companion: (88611) Teharonhiwawako-Sawiskera | Group | Classical Kuiper Belt Objects (Cubewanos) | Family | Not applicable | Composition Class | Not applicable | Orbital Period | 290.32 years | Distance from the Sun | Semi-Major Axis: 6,599,783,000 km (44.12 AU) Perihelion: 6,434,426,000 km (43.01 AU) Aphelion: 6,765,140,000 km (45.22 AU)
| Eccentricity | 0.0195 | Diameter (Mean) | 178 kilometres | Notes | A trans-Neptunian object that orbits the Sun in the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. Teharonhiawako is notable as possessing a companion, Sawiskera, which is only slightly smaller and less massive than Teharonhiawako itself. Together these two bodies form a binary object orbiting a common centre of mass, and the pair is sometimes jointly designated Teharonhiawako–Sawiskera. |
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