2016 NY 210 and 2025 EA 16 : Two Possible Dwarf Planets Discovered by Visual Blinking

Abstract In the era of automated minor planet search pipelines, I present two trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), 2016 NY 210 and 2025 EA 16 , that remained hidden in archival Dark Energy Camera (DECam) images until they were found by the old-fashioned method of visual blinking. Both have orbits within the range of the main classical Kuiper Belt, with inclinations of 22 . ° 7 and 13 . ° 5 . Their absolute magnitudes ( H = 4.34 and 4.55) imply diameters of several hundred kilometers for plausible albedos, which could place them among the dwarf-planet candidates. These sizes are estimates. To my knowledge, their physical properties have not been measured, so I invite photometry and astrometric follow-up.

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Research Notes of the AAS
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2026-11-06
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https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/aebe02
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Astro and Planetary Science
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2016 NY 210 and 2025 EA 16 : Two Possible Dwarf Planets Discovered by Visual Blinking

Walter Robledo
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2016 NY 210 and 2025 EA 16 : Two Possible Dwarf Planets Discovered by Visual Blinking

Walter Robledo
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Abstract In the era of automated minor planet search pipelines, I present two trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), 2016 NY 210 and 2025 EA 16 , that remained hidden in archival Dark Energy Camera (DECam) images until they were found by the old-fashioned method of visual blinking. Both have orbits within the range of the main classical Kuiper Belt, with inclinations of 22 . ° 7 and 13 . ° 5 . Their absolute magnitudes ( H = 4.34 and 4.55) imply diameters of several hundred kilometers for plausible albedos, which could place them among the dwarf-planet candidates. These sizes are estimates. To my knowledge, their physical properties have not been measured, so I invite photometry and astrometric follow-up.

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