Orcus
Dwarf planet in kuiper belt
Also known as 90482 Orcus · Orcus (dwarf planet)
Overview
All data
59 statements · 37% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Provisional designation
- 2004 DW
- Discovered
- February 17, 2004
- Inclination
- 20.573 degree
- Radius
- 455 km upper limit: 480 km · lower limit: 435 km
- 458.5 km
- Eccentricity
- 0.2262
- Albedo
- 0.1975 criterion used: geometric albedo
- Mean anomaly
- 164.68 degree
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.474 degree
- Longitude of ascending node
- 268.722 degree
- Mass
- 6.348 exagram
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- 6.348 exagram
- Periapsis
- 30.1735 AU
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- 30.1735 AU
- Orbital period
- 245.19 years
- Surface gravity
- 0.2 metre per square second sourcing circumstances: circa
- Density
- 1.4 g/cm³
- Pronunciation
- ˈɔːrkəs
- Apoapsis
- 48.067 AU
- Color index
- 0.68 astronomical filter: B-V colour
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- 0.37 astronomical filter: V-R colour
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- 0.68 astronomical filter: B-V colour
- Diameter
- 910 km upper limit: 960 km · lower limit: 870 km
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- 917 km
- 910 km upper limit: 960 km · lower limit: 870 km
- Time of periapsis
- 2,504,026 Julian day epoch: November 21, 2025
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- 2,504,026 Julian day epoch: November 21, 2025
On other databases
16 identifiers linking Orcus across the web's reference databases
- BabelNet ID03251430n
- Bing entity ID18422536-e667-3d4a-e8f7-7e330e37c0be
- Fandom article IDthesolarsystem:Orcus
- Freebase ID/m/02fbph
- Glossary of Astronomical Terms ID3194
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDorcus
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0522931
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDOrcus_-_dvergplanet
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID68570
- JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID2090482
- Lex IDOrcus
- Minor Planet Center body ID90482
- Namuwiki ID오르쿠스(소행성체)
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDオルクス(小惑星)
- Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID1185
- Vikidia article IDfr:Orcus