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    Quaoar (minor-planet designation: 50000 Quaoar) is a large, ringed dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It has...
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    Weywot (redirect from (50000) Quaoar I)
    designation (50000) Quaoar I; provisional designation S/2006 (50000) 1) is a natural satellite or moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Quaoar. It was discovered...
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  • 50000 may refer to: 50000 Quaoar, a dwarf planet in the Solar System 50,000, a natural number This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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  • Ring system (section Quaoar)
    S2CID 256667345. C. L. Pereira; et al. (2023). "The two rings of (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. arXiv:2304.09237. Bibcode:2023A&A...673L...
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    "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024A&A...
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  • 500 and 1500 km (more than half that of Pluto) have been discovered. 50000 Quaoar, a classical KBO discovered in 2002, is over 1000 km across. Makemake...
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  • study for an Interstellar Precursor, included a visit of minor planet 50000 Quaoar, in the 2030s. Among the extreme trans-Neptunian objects are three high-perihelion...
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  • distinct peoples, assigning them languages and territories. In June 2002, 50000 Quaoar, a large trans-Neptunian object and ringed dwarf planet, was discovered...
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    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 50000 Quaoar (2002 LM60)" (2009-09-12 last obs). Archived from the original on 2011-06-11...
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    Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations". The Astrophysical Journal. 773...
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    Makemake, the largest known cubewano[citation needed] and a dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar and 20000 Varuna, each considered the largest TNO at the time of discovery...
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  • "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. forthcoming. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024arXiv240112679K...
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    classical Kuiper belt object with an absolute magnitude between that of 50000 Quaoar and 20000 Varuna. 2002 TX300 has the most eccentric and inclined orbit...
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    engineer in Massachusetts, proposed astronomical symbols for the dwarf planets Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, Haumea, Eris, Makemake, and Gonggong. These symbols are somewhat...
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  • 278 466.7 10 Hygiea 5.557 1.219 445.4 2060 Chiron 50.42 1.020 372.6 50000 Quaoar 287.5 1.003 366.5 136199 Eris 557 1.002 365.9 90377 Sedna 12050 1.0001...
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  • partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 49001 through 50000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on...
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  • "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024A&A...
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    Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations". The Astrophysical Journal. 773...
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    of the ices. The signatures of crystalline water ice was observed on 50000 Quaoar, perhaps due to resurfacing events such as impacts or cryovolcanism....
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    have not been verified as having been fluent speakers. The minor planet 50000 Quaoar was named after the Tongva creator god. The Gabrielino language is a...
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    in the Shensuo program, designed to fly by Jupiter, the dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar, and its moon Weywot, before heading into interstellar space. IHP-1 is...
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  • depicted in the 2047 Science Centre, Borlänge, 200 km (124 mi) from the Globe. Quaoar (6cm (2.4 in) in diameter) is located in the library in Gislaved, 340 km...
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    dwarf-planet symbols" (PDF). unicode.org. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 50000 Quaoar (2002 LM60)" (2019-05-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved...
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    objects including Pluto-Charon system, Haumea, 28978 Ixion, 90482 Orcus, 50000 Quaoar Silicate rock – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, asteroids, Ganymede, Callisto...
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    presence of crystalline ice on large and mid-sized objects, including 50000 Quaoar where ammonia hydrate has also been detected, may indicate past tectonic...
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    2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 50000 Quaoar (2002 LM60)". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2023-08-31 last obs). Retrieved...
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    "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024A&A...
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    largest moon of Pluto 1.280 Mm – Diameter of the trans-Neptunian object 50000 Quaoar 1.436 Mm – Diameter of Iapetus, one of Saturn's major moons 1.578 Mm...
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    Samuel Oschin telescope (category 50000 Quaoar)
    2002-05-12, 21 UT. Other discoveries include 90482 Orcus (in 2004) and 50000 Quaoar (in 2002), both large trans-Neptune objects. In June 2011 it was reported...
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    category of dwarf planet. The possible dwarf planets Trujillo discovered are: Quaoar, co-discovered with Brown Sedna, co-discovered with Brown and Rabinowitz...
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