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Astronomical objects discovered in 2006

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Weywot (formal designation (50000) Quaoar I) is the only confirmed moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Quaoar. It was discovered by Michael Brown and Terry-Ann Suer using images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 14 February 2006. It is named after the Tongva sky god and son of Quaoar. Weywot is about in diameter and orbits Quaoar every 12.4 days at an average distance of . Weywot is thought to play a role in maintaining Quaoar's outer ring by gravitationally influencing it in an orbital resonance.

Ursa Major II Dwarf

dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

(308933) 2006 SQ372

trans-Neptunian object

moon of Salacia

trans-Neptunian object

Canes Venatici I

dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Gamma-ray burst detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory on June 14, 2006

189310 Polydamas

Canes Venatici II

134244 De Young

galaxy in constellation Andromeda

157640 Baumeler

6Q0B44E, sometimes abbreviated to B44E, is a small object that was discovered orbiting Earth outside the orbit of the Moon in August 2006. It was observed until March 2007, at which point it was lost. It is likely, though unproven, that the same object was re-discovered as XL8D89E, which was observed between 2015 and 2018.

(391211) 2006 HZ51

168126 Chengbruce

157747 Mandryka

145545 Wensayling

161715 Wenchuan

145562 Zurbriggen

astronomical object

159974 Badacsony

(388188) 2006 DP14

160001 Bakonybél

(292220) 2006 SU49

145546 Suiqizhong