Orbital elements and other data (Assumed or derived values in parenthesis, my estimates in italics and parenthesis. Source identifications in brackets, see this link for sources):
orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL]:
orbital data, secondary:
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other data, primary:
other data, secondary:
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Companion discovered by M. E. Brown et al. by observations from the Keck II adaptive optics telescope made 10 September 2005; announced 1 October 2005. 2003 UB313 has been nicknamed "Xena" by the discovery team, which has also nicknamed the satellite "Gabrielle".
See more information and links at Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog page
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© 2005 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 10 October 2005.
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