Weywot

E381545

Weywot is a small natural satellite orbiting the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet candidate Quaoar.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Weywot canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsToCategory minor natural satellites ⓘ
natural satellites in the Solar System ⓘ
satellites of trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ
celestialHierarchy satellite of a Kuiper Belt object ⓘ
discoveredBy C. Trujillo ⓘ
M. Rabinowitz ⓘ
linked to: David L. Rabinowitz

Michael E. Brown ⓘ
T. A. Suer ⓘ
linked to: T.-A. Suer
discoveryMethod imaging ⓘ
discoverySite Palomar Observatory ⓘ
discoveryStatus confirmed ⓘ
discoveryYear 2006 ⓘ
distanceFromSun approximately 43 AU (via Quaoar) ⓘ
gravitationallyBoundTo Quaoar ⓘ
hasMythologicalThemeSharedWith Quaoar ⓘ
hasNo known atmosphere ⓘ
hasUncertainParameters mass ⓘ
orbital eccentricity ⓘ
size ⓘ
isOuterSolarSystemObject true ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper Belt ⓘ
mass approximately 1.6×10^18 kg ⓘ
meanDiameter approximately 80 km ⓘ
namedAfter Tongva mythology ⓘ
Weywot (Tongva sky god) ⓘ
namingLanguage Tongva ⓘ
observedBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
ground-based telescopes with adaptive optics ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.13–0.16 ⓘ
high ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 12.4 days ⓘ
orbits Quaoar ⓘ
partOf Quaoar system ⓘ
linked to: Quaoar
primaryBody Quaoar ⓘ
primaryBodyType dwarf planet candidate ⓘ
radius approximately 40 km ⓘ
rotation likely tidally locked to Quaoar ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 1.45×10^4 km ⓘ
spectralType similar to Quaoar ⓘ
surfaceComposition likely icy and rocky ⓘ
systemCenterOfMassWith Quaoar ⓘ
systemUsedToDetermineMassOf Quaoar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Quaoar → hasSatellite → Weywot ⓘ
Quaoar → hasMoon → Weywot ⓘ