2014 ST373
is a trans-Neptunian object and a detached object from the outermost region of the Solar System. With a perihelion of 50.2 AU, it belongs to the top 10 minor planets with the highest known perihelia of the Solar System. and is neither a scattered disc nor an extreme trans-Neptunian object. It measures approximately in diameter and was first observed on 25 September 2014, by astronomers using the Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
Orbit and classification
orbits the Sun at a distance of 50.2–158.9 AU once every 1069 years; semi-major axis of 104.53 AU. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.52 and an inclination of 43.16° with respect to the ecliptic.is a distant minor planet and trans-Neptunian object beyond the orbit of Neptune and the Kuiper cliff., it has the 8th highest perihelia of all known minor planets. Based on a still sufficiently determined perihelion a of 50.2 AU, it is not a member of the scattered disc population, as these objects are thought to have been ejected from the classical Kuiper belt into their current orbits by gravitational interactions with Neptune, and typically have highly eccentric orbits and perihelia of less than 38 AU. 's orbit, however, has never brought it close enough to Neptune to be gravitational disturbed.
On the other hand, this TNO is not an extreme trans-Neptunian object as these objects generally have higher perihelia and/or higher eccentricities. Instead, it is located in a virtually unpopulated region at a perihelion of 50 AU and an eccentricity of 0.5
The Kozai mechanism is capable of transferring orbital eccentricity to a higher inclination. It can be speculated that this dynamical phenomenon also affected the orbit of. If this was the case, and the object had once belonged to the extreme detached disc objects – which have eccentricities above 0.8 and semi-major axes of at least 250 AU, for a perihelion of 50 AU – the Kozai effect would have slowly decreased s aphelion from over 450 AU to currently 159 AU while increasing its inclination. seems to belong to the same group as.