(148209) 2000 CR105

Description

Mike Brown's website lists it with a diameter of 327 kilometres (203 mi) based on an assumed albedo of 0.04. The albedo is expected to be low because the object has a blue (neutral) color. However, if the albedo is higher, the object could easily be half that size.

2000 CR₁₀₅ and Sedna differ from scattered-disc objects in that they are not within the gravitational influence of the planet Neptune even at their perihelion distances (closest approaches to the Sun). It is something of a mystery as to how these objects came to be in their current, far-flung orbits. Several hypotheses have been put forward:

• They were pulled from their original positions by a passing star.
• They were pulled from their original positions by a very distant, and as-yet-undiscovered (albeit unlikely), giant planet.
• They were pulled from their original positions by an undiscovered companion star orbiting the Sun such as Nemesis.
• They were captured from another planetary system during a close encounter early in the Sun's history. According to Kenyon and Bromley, there is a 15% probability that a star like the Sun had an early close encounter and a 1% probability that outer planetary exchanges would have happened. 2000 CR₁₀₅ is estimated to be 2–3 times more likely to be a captured planetary object than Sedna.

2000 CR₁₀₅ is the first object discovered in the Solar System to have a semi-major axis exceeding 150 AU, a perihelion beyond Neptune, and an argument of perihelion of 340°±55°. It may be influenced by Planet Nine.