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Beyond Jupiter, The World of Distant Minor Planets: (47171) Lempo
JOA 2020, Vol. 10, No. 4, Page 20 Author(s): Oliver KlösAbstract: The Plutino (47171) Lempo is a highly dynamic triple system in the Kuiper Belt comprising a close pair of two objects of similar size and a third, smaller, circumbinary component. The characteristics of the objects and their orbits are poorly defined making it difficult to identify how the system formed. Although the triple system was selected as one of four possible TNO targets for a space probe flyby, this will not now happen and so occultation studies are particularly valuable. Four forthcoming occultations of stars brighter than 15.2 V-mag during 2021-2030 have been identified using Occult V.4 software