2014 FC69

is a trans-Neptunian object of the scattered disc on an eccentric orbit in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 25 March 2014, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at the Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile. It is one of the most distant objects from the Sun, even further away than.

Orbit and classification

and based on an orbital uncertainty of 6–7 and an observation arc of only 682 days, orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.1–104.2 AU once every 612 years and 10 months. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.44 and an inclination of 30° with respect to the ecliptic.
Based on the best-fit orbital solution, is a scattered disc object, or "near-scattered" in the classification of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, that still interacts gravitationally with Neptune due to its relatively low perihelion of 40.1 AU, contrary to the extended-scattered/detached objects and sednoids which never approach Neptune as close as does.

Most distant objects from the Sun

last came to perihelion around 1865, moving away from the Sun ever since and is currently about 85.6 AU from the Sun, which is further away than the dwarf planet. Other than long-period comets, it is the 10th-most-distant known larger body in the Solar System .

Physical characteristics

Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion from its magnitude of 4.6, is approximately in diameter, assuming an albedo of 0.09.
, no rotational lightcurve for this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.