Huya is a dwarf planet candidate and is classified as a plutino orbiting in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune. Huya has an estimated diameter of 530 km.
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Imaged on April 17th and 18th 2009 using the 0.61m f/10 Cassegrain at the Sierra Stars Observatory. 120 seconds unfiltered image, cut down to 5 x 5 arc minutes. Huya was at magnitude 19.3.
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom. The image was taken using the facilities provided by the Sierra Stars Observatory Network (SSON).
This page was last updated on April 18th 2009.