2011 HM102 - An L5 Neptune Trojan from trojan neptune Watch Video
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Description: 2011 HM102 is an L5 Neptune Trojan, trailing Neptune by approximately 60 degrees. This object was discovered in the search for a New Horizons post-Pluto encounter object in the Kuiper Belt. nnThis object is the first known Trans-Neptunian Object that New Horizons will fly by. It is currently the closest known object of any kind to New Horizons (within about 4 AU today) and at the end of 2013 they will fly by at a range of 1.2 AU, where 2011 HM102 will be just bright enough for one of the cameras
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