65489 Ceto

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65489 Ceto and Phorcys are binary trans-Neptunian objects located within the scattered disc. Discovered by Chadwick A. Trujillo and Michael E. Brown in March 2003, it has a very eccentric 1,042-year orbit around the Sun. The two components are 223 and 171 km in diameter respectively, and are also considered as one of the largest known centaurs

Artist's impression of what Ceto and Phorcys may have looked like up close

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