File:2010KZ39-OCKS-KBO7.gif

2010 KZ39 is a dwarf planet candidate. It has an apparent magnitude of ~21 and is currently 45AU from the Sun. This is a composite of 3 photos with the 1.3meter Warsaw Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory. The "bright" star to the upper left of 2010 KZ39 is apmag 16.

OCKS: OGLE Carnegie Kuiper belt Survey

2010-05-23 (follow-up images centered on 16 21 19.325 -29 01 46.17)

OCKS: OGLE Carnegie Kuiper belt Survey

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Credit: OCKS: OGLE Carnegie Kuiper belt Survey and Udalski, Sheppard, Szymanski, Trujillo