90482 Orcus (2004 DW)

E313700

90482 Orcus (2004 DW) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, often considered a plutino due to its 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune and noted for its similarities to Pluto.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
90482 Orcus (2004 DW) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuiper Belt object ⓘ
minor planet ⓘ
plutino ⓘ
resonant trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalClass plutino ⓘ
discoveredAt Palomar Observatory ⓘ
discoveredBy Chadwick A. Trujillo ⓘ
linked to: Chad Trujillo

David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
Michael E. Brown ⓘ
discoveryDate 2004-02-17 ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitude 2.3 ⓘ
hasAphelionDistanceAU 47.8 ⓘ
hasApproximateAlbedo 0.23 ⓘ
hasApproximateDiameterKilometers 910 ⓘ
hasDensityGramsPerCubicCentimeter 1.5 ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMethod CCD imaging survey ⓘ
hasEccentricOrbit true ⓘ
hasHeliocentricOrbit true ⓘ
hasIAUDesignation (90482) Orcus ⓘ
linked to: 90482 Orcus
hasInclinedOrbit true ⓘ
hasMassKilograms 6.4e20 ⓘ
hasMeanDistanceFromSunAU 39.2 ⓘ
hasMinorPlanetNumber 90482 ⓘ
hasOrbitalEccentricity 0.22 ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclinationDegrees 20.6 ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriodYears 247 ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonanceWith Neptune ⓘ
hasPerihelionDistanceAU 30.7 ⓘ
hasProvisionalDesignation 2004 DW ⓘ
hasRotationPeriodHours 10.5 ⓘ
hasSatellite Vanth ⓘ
hasSemiMajorAxisAU 39.2 ⓘ
hasSimilarOrbitalConfigurationTo Pluto ⓘ
hasSpectralType neutral to slightly red ⓘ
hasSurfaceComposition possible ammonia hydrates ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
hasSystem Orcus–Vanth system ⓘ
isBinarySystemWith Vanth ⓘ
isDynamicallySimilarTo Pluto ⓘ
isIn Kuiper Belt ⓘ
isInMeanMotionResonance Neptune ⓘ
isPartOf Solar System ⓘ
isPotentialDwarfPlanet true ⓘ
namedAfter Orcus ⓘ
Roman god of the underworld ⓘ
orbitalResonanceRatio 2:3 ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Orcus → hasAlternativeName → 90482 Orcus (2004 DW) ⓘ