-- (38628) Huya --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Mar 10 from Mérida, Venezuela by I. R. Ferrin. Alternate designation(s): 2000 EB173 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 1996 Apr 09. Permanent number assigned 2002 Mar 28.

Named 2003 May 01 for the Wayuu mythological god of rain/winter [MPC048397].

Companion discovered 2012 May 06 by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, H. Schlichting, R. Murray-Clay, and S. D. Benecchi using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2012 Jul 12 [N12a].

--Links, more technical:

• (38628) Huya
• TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel PACS observations

--Links, less technical:

--Links to ADS abstracts:

• Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Müller, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Panuzzo, P., Kiss, C., Lim, T., Mommert, M., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Tozzi, G. P., Mottola, S., Delsanti, A., Crovisier, J., Duffard, R., Henry, F., Lacerda, P., Barucci, A., & Gicquel, A. 2013, Astronomy and Astrophysics TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VIII. Combined Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations of nine bright targets at 70-500 μm
• Noll, K. S., Grundy, W. M., Schlichting, H., Murray-Clay, R., & Benecchi, S. D. 2012, International Astronomical Union Circular (38628) Huya
• Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Mueller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Lim, T., Kiss, C., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Boehnhardt, H., Pal, A., Duffard, R., & Barucci, A. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 'TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region'. Results from the PACS and SPIRE observations with the Herschel Space Observatory
• Fornasier, S., Lim, T., Müller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Boenhardt, H., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Kiss, C., Pal, A., Duffard, R., Barucci, A., & Dotto, E. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Sub-millimeter observations of Centaurs and TNOs from the Herschel space telescope
• Belskaya, Irina, Bagnulo, S., Barucci, A., Muinonen, K., Tozzi, G. P., Fornasier, S., & Kolokolova, L. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Polarimetric Properties of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
• Alvarez-Candal, A., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Guilbert, A., & de Bergh, C. 2007, Astronomy and Astrophysics A search for rotational variations on trans-Neptunian objects
• Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro, Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Guibert, A., & de Bergh, C. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Near Infrared Observations Of TNOs With SINFONI
• Alvarez-Candal, A., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Guibert, A., & de Bergh, C. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Near infrared observations of TNOs with SINFONI
• Stansberry, J. A., Cruikshank, D. P., Grundy, W. G., Margot, J. L., Emery, J. P., Fernandez, Y. R., & Rieke, G. H. 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Albedos, Diameters (and a Density) of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects
• Fornasier, S., Doressoundiram, A., Tozzi, G. P., Barucci, M. A., Boehnhardt, H., de Bergh, C., Delsanti, A., Davies, J., & Dotto, E. 2004, Astronomy and Astrophysics ESO Large Program on physical studies of Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs: Final results of the visible spectrophotometric observations
• de Bergh, C., Boehnhardt, H., Barucci, M. A., Lazzarin, M., Fornasier, S., Romon-Martin, J., Tozzi, G. P., Doressoundiram, A., & Dotto, E. 2004, Astronomy and Astrophysics Aqueous altered silicates at the surface of two Plutinos?
• de Bergh, C., Barucci, A., Doressoundiram, A., & Dotto, E. 2004, 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Spectroscopy of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs
• Ortiz, J. L., Gutiérrez, P. J., Casanova, V., & Sota, A. 2003, Astronomy and Astrophysics A study of short term rotational variability in TNOs and Centaurs from Sierra Nevada Observatory
• Boehnhardt, Hermann, Barucci, Antonella, Delsanti, Audrey, De Bergh, Catherine, Doressoundiram, Alain, Romon, Jennifer, Dotto, Elisabetta, Tozzi, Gianpaolo, Lazzarin, Monica, Fornasier, Sonia, Peixinho, Nuno, Hainaut, Olivier, Davies, John, Rousselot, Philippe, Barrera, Luis, Birkle, Kurt, Meech, Karen, Ortiz, JoseLuis, Sekiguchi, Tomohiko, Watanabe, Jun-ichi, Thomas, Nick, & West, Richard 2003, Earth Moon and Planets Results from the Eso Large Program on Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
• Rabinowitz, D., Schaefer, B., & Tourtellotte, S. 2003, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Solar Phase Curves for Kuiper-Belt Objects
• Licandro, J., Campins, H., de Leon Cruz, J., Gil-Hutton, R., & Lara-Lopez, L. M. 2003, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Near infrared spectroscopy of TNOs, Centaurs and comet nuclei.
• Schaefer, Bradley E. & Rabinowitz, David L. 2002, Icarus Photometric Light Curve for the Kuiper Belt Object 2000 EB <SUB>173</SUB> on 78 Nights
• Barucci, M. A., Boehnhardt, H., Dotto, E., Lazzarin, M., Romon, J., de Bergh, C., Doressoundiram, A., Tozzi, G. P., Fornasier, S., Davies, J., Peixinho, N., Barrera, L., Birkle, K., Delsanti, A., Hainaut, O., Meech, K., Ortiz, J. L., Sekiguchi, T., Thomas, N., Watanabe, J., & West, R. M. 2002, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ESO Large Program: Results from Visible and Infrared spectroscopy of Centaurs and TNOs.
• Lederer, S. M. & Vilas, F. 2002, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Spectrophotometry of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs
• Rabinowitz, D. & Schaefer, B. 2001, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The solar phase curve for the bright Plutino 2000 EB173
• Jewitt, David C. & Luu, Jane X. 2001, The Astronomical Journal Colors and Spectra of Kuiper Belt Objects
• Licandro, J., Oliva, E., & Di Martino, M. 2001, Astronomy and Astrophysics NICS-TNG infrared spectroscopy of trans-neptunian objects 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106
• Ferrin, Ignacio, Rabinowitz, D., Schaefer, B., Snyder, J., Ellman, N., Vicente, B., Rengstorf, A., Depoy, D., Salim, S., Andrews, P., Bailyn, C., Baltay, C., Briceno, C., Coppi, P., Deng, M., Emmet, W., Oemler, A., Sabbey, C., Shin, J., Sofia, S., van Altena, W., Vivas, K., Abad, C., Bongiovanni, A., Bruzual, G., Della Prugna, F., Herrera, D., Magris, G., Mateu, J., Pacheco, R., Sánchez, Ge., Sánchez, Gu., Schenner, H., Stock, J., Vieira, K., Fuenmayor, F., Hernandez, J., Naranjo, O., Rosenzweig, P., Secco, C., Spavieri, G., Gebhard, M., Honeycutt, K., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Pravdo, S., Helin, E., & Lawrence, K. 2001, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of the Bright Trans-Neptunian Object 2000 EB<SUB>173</SUB>
• Brown, Michael E., Blake, Geoffrey A., & Kessler, Jacqueline E. 2000, The Astrophysical Journal Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Bright Kuiper Belt Object 2000 EB173
• Brown, M. E. 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Near-infrared spectroscopy of Kuiper belt objects
• Jewitt, D., Luu, J., & Trujillo, C. 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Colors of Kuiper Belt Objects from Keck and Subaru

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