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Kuiper Belt Object (15760) 1992 QB1 is at Opposition (40.220 AU) on the 25th October 2014

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     Mag
2014 10 24    01 54 32.9 +12 59 50  40.2234 41.2179   178.5     0.0    23.2
2014 10 25    01 54 28.1 +12 59 24  40.2236 41.2180   178.8     0.0    23.2
2014 10 26    01 54 23.3 +12 58 58  40.2242 41.2180   178.4     0.0    23.2
2014 10 27    01 54 18.6 +12 58 33  40.2250 41.2181   177.5     0.1    23.2
2014 10 28    01 54 13.8 +12 58 07  40.2262 41.2182   176.6     0.1    23.2
2014 10 29    01 54 09.0 +12 57 41  40.2276 41.2183   175.6     0.1    23.2
2014 10 30    01 54 04.2 +12 57 16  40.2294 41.2184   174.7     0.1    23.2
2014 10 31    01 53 59.5 +12 56 50  40.2315 41.2185   173.7     0.2    23.2
2014 11 01    01 53 54.7 +12 56 24  40.2338 41.2185   172.7     0.2    23.3
2014 11 02    01 53 50.0 +12 55 59  40.2365 41.2186   171.6     0.2    23.3
2014 11 03    01 53 45.3 +12 55 33  40.2395 41.2187   170.6     0.2    23.3
2014 11 04    01 53 40.6 +12 55 08  40.2428 41.2188   169.6     0.2    23.3
2014 11 05    01 53 35.9 +12 54 42  40.2463 41.2189   168.6     0.3    23.3


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KBO (15760) 1992 QB1 is at Opposition (40.188 AU) on the 23rd October, 2013.



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Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) is at Opposition (40.160 AU) on the 21st October, 2012



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20th Anniversary of David Jewitt's & Jane Luu's Discovery of the 1st Kuiper Belt Object (1992 QB1) in 1992.



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Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) is at Opposition (40.132 AU) on the 21st October, 2011.



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Kuiper Belt Object (15760) 1992 QB1 was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon.
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Google earth file: Kuiper Belt Object (15760) 1992 QB1.kmz (15kb, kmz)

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 10 20    01 38 34.3 +11 21 30  40.1319 41.1276   178.6     0.0    23.3
2011 10 21    01 38 29.5 +11 21 03  40.1321 41.1277   179.0     0.0    23.3
2011 10 22    01 38 24.8 +11 20 37  40.1327 41.1277   178.5     0.0    23.3


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On August 30, 1992, David Jewitt and Jane Luu of the University of Hawaii announced the "Discovery of the candidate Kuiper belt object" (15760) 1992 QB1.

(15760) 1992 QB1 was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon. It was discovered 1992 by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. It is now classed as a Classical Kuiper belt object, and gave rise to the name cubewano for this kind of object, after the "QB1" portion of its designation.
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