A New High Perihelion Trans-Plutonian Inner Oort Cloud Object: 2015 TG387

@article{Sheppard2019ANH,
  title={A New High Perihelion Trans-Plutonian Inner Oort Cloud Object: 2015 TG387},
  author={Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo and David J. Tholen and Nathan A. Kaib},
  journal={The Astronomical Journal},
  year={2019}
}
Inner Oort Cloud objects (IOCs) are Trans-Plutonian for their entire orbits. They are beyond the strong gravitational influences of the known planets yet close enough to the Sun that outside forces are minimal. Here we report the discovery of the third known IOC after Sedna and 2012 VP113, called 2015 TG387. 2015 TG387 has a perihelion of $65 \pm 1$ au and semi-major axis of $1170 \pm 70$ au. The longitude of perihelion angle, $\bar{\omega}$, for 2015 TG387 is between that of Sedna and 2012… Expand
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