88611 Teharonhiawako

88611 Teharonhiawako is a trans-Neptunian object and a member of the cold classical Kuiper belt, measuring about 220 km in diameter. It is a binary object, with a large companion named Sawiskera, which at 126 km in diameter is about two-thirds the size of its primary. The two components together are known as the Teharonhiawako-Sawiskera binary system.

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Discovery

Teharonhiawako was discovered on 20 August 2001, by the Deep Ecliptic Survey, and Sawiskera was identified a month later.

Naming

The primary is named after Teharonhia꞉wako, a god of maize in the Iroquois creation myth, while the secondary is named after his evil twin brother Sawiskera. The objects were named in 2007.

Binary

Teharonhiawako and Sawiskera is a binary minor planet which orbit each other. Their orbit has the following parameters: semi-major axis—, period— days, eccentricity— and inclination—°. The total system mass is about.