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    Orcus (minor-planet designation: 90482 Orcus) is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt, with one large moon, Vanth. It has an estimated diameter of...
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    Vanth (moon) (redirect from 90482 Orcus I)
    designation (90482) Orcus I; provisional designation S/2005 (90482) 1) is a natural satellite or moon of the large trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Orcus. It was...
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    of Eris.[citation needed] The origins of Orcus may have lain in Etruscan religion. The so-called "Tomb of Orcus", an Etruscan site at Tarquinia, is a misnomer...
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    Vanth (redirect from Moons of (90482) Orcus)
    Charun, Calu, Phersipnai, Turms, Aita, and Culsu. Vanth (moon), moon of Orcus Bane, Theresa (2012). Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures...
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  • equilibrium: planetologists generally include at least Gonggong, Quaoar, Orcus, and Sedna. (In practice the requirement for hydrostatic equilibrium is...
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    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 90482 Orcus (2004 DW)" (2009-04-28 last obs). Archived from the original on 2015-11-05...
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    such as 90377 Sedna (possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object), 90482 Orcus, Eris (more massive than Pluto), Haumea, and Makemake, though no-one...
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  • term used in Ukraine for a Russian soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian War 90482 Orcus, Anti-Pluto, a trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt with a large...
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    J. (February 2019). "A stellar occultation by Vanth, a satellite of (90482) Orcus". Icarus. 319: 657–668. arXiv:1810.08977. Bibcode:2019Icar..319..657S...
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    Eris, Sedna, 28978 Ixion, 90482 Orcus, 24 Themis Methane clathrate (CH4·5.75H2O) – Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Pluto, 90482 Orcus, Comet 67P Martian exploration...
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    Massachusetts, proposed astronomical symbols for the dwarf planets Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, Haumea, Eris, Makemake, and Gonggong. These symbols are somewhat standard...
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  • motions of Orcus and Pluto in a rotating frame with a period equal to Neptune's orbital period (holding Neptune stationary). Pluto is grey, Orcus is red,...
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    like higher density or higher albedo (and thus presumably resurfaced) 90482 Orcus and 50000 Quaoar, or at best are only partially differentiated; such...
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  • classes from BB (blue, or neutral color, average B−V = 0.70, V−R = 0.39, e.g. Orcus) to RR (very red, B−V = 1.08, V−R = 0.71, e.g. Sedna) with BR and IR as...
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  • Retrieved January 18, 2016. "Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for 90482 Orcus". Retrieved August 28, 2023. (PR= 8.986E+04 / 365.25 = 246 years) "2283...
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    survey of the trans-Neptunian region III. Thermophysical properties of 90482 Orcus and 136472 Makemake". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518: L148. arXiv:1202...
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    Brown and Rabinowitz, possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object Orcus, co-discovered with Brown and Rabinowitz Eris, co-discovered with Brown...
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  • 3847/1538-4357/834/1/17. S2CID 119114880. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 90482 Orcus (2004 DW)" (2020-01-04 last obs). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived...
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    Meanings of asteroid names Trans-Neptunian objects Kuiper belt Plutinos 90482 Orcus 28978 Ixion Cubewanos 2002 UX25 20000 Varuna 1992 QB1 2002 TX300 50000...
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    M. J. (2019-02-01). "A stellar occultation by Vanth, a satellite of (90482) Orcus". Icarus. 319: 657–668. arXiv:1810.08977. Bibcode:2019Icar..319..657S...
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    Samuel Oschin telescope (category 90482 Orcus)
    the Oschin telescope on 2002-05-12, 21 UT. Other discoveries include 90482 Orcus (in 2004) and 50000 Quaoar (in 2002), both large trans-Neptune objects...
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    mid-term astrometric and photometric study of trans-Neptunian object (90482) Orcus". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 525: A31. arXiv:1010.6187. Bibcode:2011A&A...
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    of the Two Intrinsically Brightest Minor Planets: (90377) Sedna and (90482) Orcus". The Astrophysical Journal. 627 (2): 1057–1065. arXiv:astro-ph/0504280...
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    thought to be the first observed body of the inner Öpik–Oort cloud; and Orcus. Brown's team famously named Eris and its moon Dysnomia with the informal...
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    Chariklo (1997 CU26), 38628 Huya (2000 EB173), 28978 Ixion (2001 KX76), and 90482 Orcus (2004 DW)". Astrophysics and Space Science. 361 (3): 212–218. arXiv:1605...
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    Bibcode:2004ApJ...617..645B. doi:10.1086/422095. S2CID 7738201. "90482 Orcus (2004 DW)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 April 2017. Michael E Brown...
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  • with no differentiation between objects in L4 and L5. Plutinos (such as 90482 Orcus) are named after mythological figures associated with the underworld...
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  • 1 1.0 20 to 50 (geometric) 39.4 1212 1978 J. Christy direct imaging 90482 Orcus 2004 DW 2.2 23 39.3 910 2004 M. Brown, C. Trujillo, D. Rabinowitz thermal...
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    products at the surface of an intermediate-size KBO? A portrait of Plutino (90482) Orcus". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 520 (A40): 15. arXiv:1006.4962. Bibcode:2010A&A...
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    Chariklo (1997 CU26), 38628 Huya (2000 EB173), 28978 Ixion (2001 KX76), and 90482 Orcus (2004 DW)". Astrophysics and Space Science. 361 (7): 15. arXiv:1605.08251...
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