Quaoar (minor-planet designation: 50000 Quaoar) is a large ringed Kuiper belt object, one of many icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It has an elongated ellipsoidal shape with an …

50000 Quaoar (symbol: ) is a Trans-Neptunian object and is also a dwarf planet. It was discovered on June 4, 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the California Institute of …

Feb 8, 2023 · The distant dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar appears to have a ring that spans far beyond where it ought to be stable. “That is not where it was supposed to be,” says Bruno …

Feb 8, 2023 · During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has observed a dwarf planet in our own Solar System …

Feb 8, 2023 · A dwarf planet called 50000 Quaoar that orbits beyond Neptune appears to have a ring that shouldn't be there, at 7.4 times more distant than the planet's radius.

Feb 8, 2023 · Here we report observations of an inhomogeneous ring around the trans-Neptunian body (50000) Quaoar. This trans-Neptunian object has an estimated radius 4 of 555 km and …

Dec 9, 2022 · 50000 Quaoar (2002 LM60) is a Dwarf Planet, located in the Kuiper Belt, an area of space past the orbit of Neptune. Quaoar's name and number is allocated to it by the Minor …

Feb 8, 2023 · “The Trans-Neptunian Object (50000) Quaoar, classified as a cubewano, is a dwarf planet candidate with a diameter of 1110 km, a semi-major axis of 43.7 au, and an orbital …

Aug 27, 2015 · Quaoar, a dwarf planet that orbits within the Kuiper Belt, was discovered in 2002 by astronomers from Caltech. Like the discovery of Eris, its existence has added to the …

Weywot (formal designation (50000) Quaoar I; provisional designation S/2006 (50000) 1) is a natural satellite or moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Quaoar.It was discovered by …