It was discovered by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. The discoverers suggested the name Smiley for the object, but as there is already another asteroid with that name (1613 Smiley) the name couldn't be used. The asteroid has received the asteroid number 15760, and remains unnamed.
External links
The IAU circular announcing the discovery (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/iauc/05600/05611.html)
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It was discovered in 1992 and is now classified as a cubewano, an object in the main Kuiper Belt.
(15760) 1992 QB was discovered by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.
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