(47171) 1999 TC36, A transneptunian triple

@article{Benecchi2009471711T,
  title={(47171) 1999 TC36, A transneptunian triple},
  author={Susan D. Benecchi and Keith S. Noll and William M. Grundy and Harold F. Levison},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2009},
  volume={207},
  pages={978-991},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:118430134}
}
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