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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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    Orcus (minor-planet designation: 90482 Orcus) is a large trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt, with one large moon...
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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 object 90482 Orcus. It was discovered...
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  • Orcus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orcus was a Roman god of the underworld. Orcus may also refer to: 90482 Orcus, a Kuiper belt object Orcus (beetle)...
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    NACNVAIASI ΘAMCE LE… Orcus I was built between 470 and 450 BC (perhaps by a man named Leive; see below); a separate hypogeum, Orcus II, was built c. 325...
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    Sedna and Orcus. The IAU itself has called Quaoar a dwarf planet in a 2022–2023 annual report. More bodies have been proposed, such as Orcus, Salacia and...
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  • to be derived from the Latin word/name Orcus, though Tolkien himself expressed doubt about this. The term orcus is glossed as "orc, þyrs, oððe hel-deofol"...
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    Orcus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 18 described species in Orcus, found in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia...
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    - Orcus Patera Crater in Orcus Patera (MRO HiRISE) http://www.uahirise.org/results.php?keyword=Orcus+Patera&order=release_date&submit=Search Orcus Patera :...
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  • The Wand of Orcus is a fictional magical weapon described in various Dungeons & Dragons media. Because of the popularity of Orcus as a villain within...
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    eventually equated the Etruscan god Aita and the Roman gods Dis Pater and Orcus with Hades and merged all these figures into Pluto, a Latinisation of Plouton...
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    Pluto (section Orcus)
    plutino, 90482 Orcus, has a diameter around 900 km and is in a very similar orbit to that of Pluto. However, the orbits of Pluto and Orcus are out of phase...
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    Pegasus, the winged horse Two sirens, probably Proserpina, wife of Pluto Orcus with its mouth wide open and on whose upper lip it is inscribed "OGNI PENSIERO...
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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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    "officially" accept as dwarf planets the top three not yet accepted: Sedna, Orcus, and Quaoar. Although the IAU had anticipated Tancredi's recommendations...
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  • campaign from 1st to 30th level, focusing on the cult of the demon prince Orcus. HS—Heroic Standalone tier adventures were designed for characters of level...
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    a dwarf planet Complete list of Pluto's natural satellites Charon 90482 Orcus Vanth Twotinos Cubewanos (classical objects) Haumea, a dwarf planet Namaka...
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    word ogre is of French origin, originally derived from the Etruscan god Orcus, who fed on human flesh. Its earliest attestation is in Chrétien de Troyes'...
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  • of Eris, ⯰, but also ⯱), Sedna, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar and Orcus which are in Unicode. All (except Eris, for which the hand of Eris is a...
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    tomb painting, such as in the Golini Tomb from Orvieto and the tomb of Orcus II from Tarquinia. In these tomb paintings, he is shown with his consort...
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    there are many larger bodies that may not be geophysical planets (e.g. Orcus and Salacia). An exoplanet (exoplanet) is a planet outside the Solar System...
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    lies about 120° from that of Pluto. Thus, the phase of Orcus's orbit is opposite to Pluto's: Orcus is at aphelion (most recently in 2019) around when Pluto...
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  • (Mandaean mythology) Oni (Japanese folklore) Onoskelis (Jewish mythology) Orcus (Roman mythology, later Christian demonology) Orias/Oriax (Christian demonology)...
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    translation of Plouton. Pluto was also identified with the obscure Roman Orcus, like Hades the name of both a god of the underworld and the underworld...
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    Asgard Fólkvangr Valhalla Neorxnawang Gimlé Hel Greek Hades Elysium Erebus Orcus Asphodel Meadows Myth of Er Empyrean Tartarus Fortunate Isles Slavic Vyraj...
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    The only known depiction of Tuchulcha is a wall painting in the Tomb of Orcus II, in Tarquinia, Italy. There the deity appears in an episode from the...
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  • gains a very low-level transmutation skill. During the first hike in the Orcus dungeon, Hajime uses his skill to protect his classmates, only to be betrayed...
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    art of the Tongva Orcus 🝿 U+1F77F An O-R monogram for Orcus, stylised to resemble a skull and an orca's grin Inverted Pluto, from Orcus being styled the...
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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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    described as either the islands called Strofades, a place at the entrance of Orcus, or a cave in Crete. Hesiod calls them two "lovely-haired" creatures, the...
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