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    Quaoar (minor-planet designation: 50000 Quaoar) is a large, ringed trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune...
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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 50000 Quaoar. It was...
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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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    objects) Haumea, a dwarf planet Namaka Hiʻiaka Makemake, a dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar Weywot (307261) 2002 MS4 120347 Salacia 20000 Varuna Scattered-disc objects...
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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. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346365...
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  • Members of the classical Edgeworth–Kuiper belt include 15760 Albion, 50000 Quaoar and Makemake. Another subclass of Kuiper belt objects is the so-called...
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    Koreans win their first ever FIFA World Cup match. The dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar is discovered. The Zeyzoun Dam in Zayzun, Syria fails. June 6 – An object...
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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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    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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    Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations". The Astrophysical Journal. 773...
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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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    "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024arXiv240112679K...
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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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    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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    Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations". The Astrophysical Journal. 773...
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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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    engineer in Massachusetts, proposed astronomical symbols for the dwarf planets Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, Haumea, Eris, Makemake, and Gonggong. (At the time astronomers...
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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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    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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    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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    "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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  • 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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  • use RTGs for power, IHP-3, if approved, would use a nuclear reactor. 50000 Quaoar and its moon Weywot are currently being considered as potential flyby...
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    September 2014). "(50000) Quaoar and Weywot". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 20 June 2023. Fraser, Wesley C.; Brown, Michael E. (May 2010). "Quaoar: A Rock in...
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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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  • 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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    been involved in the discovery of several other large TNOs, including 50000 Quaoar, 90482 Orcus, and 90377 Sedna. Routine observations were taken by the...
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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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