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name=90482 Orcus

name=90482 Orcus

| symbol=[[File:Orcus symbol (bold).svg|24px|🝿]]

| symbol=[[File:Orcus symbol (bold).svg|24px|🝿]]

| image=Orcus-Vanth orbit.gif

| image=[[File:Orcus-Vanth orbit.gif|200px]]

| discoverer=[[Michael E. Brown|M. Brown]],<br />[[Chad Trujillo|C. Trujillo]],<br />[[David L. Rabinowitz|D. Rabinowitz]]

| discoverer=[[Michael E. Brown|M. Brown]],<br />[[Chad Trujillo|C. Trujillo]],<br />[[David L. Rabinowitz|D. Rabinowitz]]

| discovered=[[February 17]], [[2004]]

| discovered=[[February 17]], [[2004]]

| alt_names=2004 DW

| alt_names=2004 DW

| mp_category=[[Plutino]]<ref name="Buie">{{cite web

| mp_category=[[Plutino]]<br>[[Dwarf planet]]<br>[[Plutoid]]<br>[[Trans-Neptunian object|TNO]]<br>[[Kuiper Belt|KBO]]<ref name="Buie">{{cite web

  |author      = [[Marc W. Buie|Buie, Marc W.]]

  |author      = [[Marc W. Buie|Buie, Marc W.]]

  |date        = 2007-12-22

  |date        = 2007-12-22

| albedo=19.75 {{±|3.40|2.76}} %

| albedo=19.75 {{±|3.40|2.76}} %

| single_temperature=~45 [[kelvin|K]]}}

| single_temperature=~45 [[kelvin|K]]}}

 

[[File:Orcus art.png|border|left|thumb|90482 Orcus]]

'''90482 Orcus''' (symbol: [[File:Orcus symbol (fixed width).svg|16px|🝿]]), originally known by the [[provisional designation]] '''2004 DW''', is a [[Kuiper belt]] object (KBO). It is also a [[dwarf planet]]. It was found by [[Michael E. Brown|Michael Brown]], [[Chad Trujillo]] and [[David L. Rabinowitz|David Rabinowitz]] on February 17, 2004. It was also seen in pictures from November 8, 1951. Like [[Pluto]] it is in [[orbital resonance]] with [[Neptune]] but it stays on the opposite side of the Sun from Pluto.

== Moon ==

== Moon ==

A moon of Orcus was found on  [[22 February]] [[2007]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-90482.html |title=(90482) Orcus and Vanth |access-date=2009-02-27 |archive-date=2012-02-08 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65IF3ZmvN?url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-90482.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

A moon of Orcus was found on  [[22 February]] [[2007]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-90482.html |title=(90482) Orcus and Vanth |access-date=2009-02-27 |archive-date=2012-02-08 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65IF3ZmvN?url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-90482.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

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[[Category:Kuiper belt objects]]

[[Category:Kuiper belt objects]]

 

[[Category:Dwarf planets]]

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