Orbits of the Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects

The manipulable 3D figure below is supplementary material to the paper
Becker, Khain, Hamilton, et al. (2018) Discovery and Dynamical Analysis of an Extreme Trans-Neptunian Object with a High Orbital Inclination.
It uses X3DOM and should work on recent versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. To rotate the figure, use the left mouse button. To zoom in and out, scroll with the mouse hovering over the figure. Refresh the page to return to the default view.

The 3D figure shows the orbits of the distant, extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), here defined as objects with semi-major axes greater than 250 AU and perihelion distances greater than 30 AU. The orbit of the newly-discovered extreme TNO, 2015 BP519, is plotted in red.