https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28978_Ixion
28978 Ixion is a plutino (an object that has a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune). It is very likely to be a dwarf planet, although the IAU has not officially classified it as such. Light-curve-amplitude analysis shows only small deviations, which suggests that Ixion is a spheroid with small albedo spots and hence a dwarf planet. It has a diameter of approximately 650 km, making it about the fifth-largest plutino. It is moderately red in visible light and has a surface made of a mixture of tholin and water ice.
It was discovered on May 22, 2001 by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory It is named after Ixion, a figure from Greek mythology.
Ixion and Pluto follow similar but differently oriented orbits: Ixion’s perihelion is below the ecliptic whereas Pluto's is above it. Ixion's orbital period is almost 250 Earth years.
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