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42355 Typhon

42355 Typhon

Scattered disc object

42355 Typhon (/ˈtaɪfɒn/; provisional designation 2002 CR46) is a scattered disc object that was discovered on February 5, 2002, by the NEAT program. It measures 162±7 km in diameter, and is named after Typhon, a monster in Greek mythology.

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Typhon is the first known binary centaur,[8] using an extended definition of a centaur as an object on a non-resonant (unstable) orbit with the perihelion inside the orbit of Neptune.[9]

Moon

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A large moon was identified in 2006. It is named Echidna (formal designation (42355) Typhon I Echidna), after the monstrous mate of Typhon. It orbits Typhon at ~1300 km, completing one orbit in about 11 days. Its diameter is estimated to be 89±6 km.

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    (42355) Typhon and Echidna
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    "Echidna". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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    François Hartog (Janet Lloyd, trans., 1988) The Mirror of Herodotus, p. 25
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