Quaoar
dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt
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Summary
Quaoar is a cubewano[1]. Quaoar ranks in the top 4% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,690 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Chadwick Trujillo[3], Michael E. Brown[4]
- Instance of: dwarf planet[5], distant minor planet[6]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[7]
- Named after: Chinigchinix[8]
- Follows: (49999) 2000 AW14[9]
- Followed by: (50001) 2000 AK15[10]
- Minor planet group: trans-Neptunian object[11]
- Commons category: 50000 Quaoar[12]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[13]
- Child astronomical body: Weywot[14], rings of 50000 Quaoar[15]
- Unicode character: 🝾[16]
- Provisional designation: 2002 LM60[17]
- Has part(s): rings of 50000 Quaoar[18]
- Time of discovery or invention: June 4, 2002[19]
- Significant event: naming[20]
- IPA transcription: ˈkwɑːwɑːr[21], ˈkwɑː.oʊ.ɑːr[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:50000 Quaoar[23]
- Commons gallery: 50000 Quaoar[24]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0402886440[25]
- Apparent magnitude: 19.0[26]
- Absolute magnitude: 2.42[27]
- Color index: 0.939[28], 0.65[29], 1.28[30]
- Different from: quasar[31]
- Orbital inclination: 7.99130083038 degree[32]
- Mass: 0.0002 Earth mass[33]
Why It Matters
Quaoar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Quaoar is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]