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Beyond Jupiter, The World of Distant Minor Planets: (38628) Huya
JOA 2021, Vol. 11, No. 2, Page 16 Author(s): Christian WeberAbstract: (38628) Huya is a binary Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) located in the Kuiper Belt (Kuiper Belt Object, KBO). Huya was discovered in 2000 by I. Ferrin at OAN Observatory in Merida, Venezuela. The only known companion S/2012 (38628) 1 was found on Hubble Space Telescope images in 2012. Huya is in mean-motion resonance with Neptune. The size of the primary component is 406±16 km and that of the satellite 213±30 km. The stellar occultation method is an excellent tool for exploring the Huya system. So far, only one occultation event has been successful, namely that of 2019 March 18 when 22 positive chords were recorded, mostly from Europe. By 2030, some 23 forthcoming occultation events involving Huya are predicted from Occult v4 calculations using JPL and Gaia EDR3 reference data.