Vanth

E313696

Vanth is the small, likely captured moon of the distant Kuiper Belt dwarf planet Orcus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vanth canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo lower than Orcus ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalClass trans-Neptunian satellite ⓘ
celestialCategory Kuiper Belt moon ⓘ
diameter_km approximately 440 ⓘ
between 400 and 500 ⓘ
discoveredBy David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
Emily L. Schaller ⓘ
Megan E. Schwamb ⓘ
Michael E. Brown ⓘ
T.-A. Suer ⓘ
discoveredUsing Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
discoveryDate 2005-11-13 ⓘ
distanceFromSun_AU approximately 39 (via Orcus orbit) ⓘ
gravitationallyBoundTo Orcus ⓘ
hasAlternativeName (90482) Orcus I Vanth ⓘ
linked to: 90482 Orcus

Orcus I ⓘ
linked to: Orcus
hasApparentMagnitude fainter than Orcus ⓘ
hasDiscoveryStatus confirmed ⓘ
hasInclinationRelativeToOrcus moderate ⓘ
hasNamingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
hasObservationMethod direct imaging ⓘ
hasOrbitalConfiguration close binary with Orcus ⓘ
hasShape roughly spherical ⓘ
hasSurfaceComposition likely mixture of ices and darker materials ⓘ
isMoonOf dwarf planet Orcus ⓘ
isTidallyLockedTo Orcus ⓘ
likelyOrigin captured Kuiper Belt object ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper Belt ⓘ
massRatioWithOrcus significant compared to many moon–primary systems ⓘ
meanDistanceFromPrimary_km approximately 9000 ⓘ
memberOf Solar System ⓘ
namedAfter Vanth (Etruscan psychopomp deity) ⓘ
linked to: Vanth
observedInWavelength near-infrared ⓘ
visible ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity low ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days approximately 9.54 ⓘ
orbits Orcus ⓘ
partOf Orcus–Vanth system ⓘ
rotationPeriod synchronous with its orbital period ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km approximately 8980 ⓘ
surfaceColor redder than Orcus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orcus → hasSatellite → Vanth ⓘ
90482 Orcus → hasSatellite → Vanth ⓘ
2004 DW → hasSatellite → Vanth ⓘ
90482 Orcus → hasSatellite → Vanth ⓘ
subject linked to: 90482 Orcus (2004 DW)
90482 Orcus → isBinarySystemWith → Vanth ⓘ
subject linked to: 90482 Orcus (2004 DW)
90482 Orcus → hasSatellite → Vanth ⓘ
subject linked to: Orcus–Vanth system
Orcus → hasSatellite → Vanth ⓘ
subject linked to: dwarf planet Orcus
T.-A. Suer → coDiscovered → Vanth ⓘ