(87269) 2000 OO67
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(87269) 2000 OO67 (also written (87269) 2000 OO67) is a small trans-Neptunian object (TNO) discovered by Deep Ecliptic Survey in 2000.
It is remarkable for its highly eccentric orbit. At aphelion it is over 1,000 AU from the Sun and, with a perihelion of 21 AU, almost crosses the orbit of Uranus at closest approach. Some astronomers list it as a centaur.<ref name="DES"/><ref>Structure and Dynamics of the Centaur Population: Constraints on the Origin of Short-Period Comets</ref>
(87269) 2000 OO67 came to perihelion in April 2005.<ref name="DES">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="jpldata">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="horizons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Both (87269) 2000 OO67 and 2006 SQ372 take longer than Sedna to orbit the Sun using either heliocentric coordinates or barycentric coordinates.
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