Orcus

Summary

Orcus is a plutino^[1]. Orcus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Orcus is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown^[3].
• Orcus is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo^[4].
• Orcus is credited with the discovery of David L. Rabinowitz^[5].
• Orcus's instance of is recorded as plutino^[6].
• Orcus's instance of is recorded as dwarf planet^[7].
• Orcus is named after Orcus^[8].
• Orcus followed 90481 Wollstonecraft^[9].
• Orcus was followed by (90483) 2004 DM4^[10].
• Orcus's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[11].
• Orcus's minor planet group is recorded as plutino^[12].
• Orcus's minor planet group is recorded as dwarf planet^[13].
• Orcus's Commons category is recorded as 90482 Orcus^[14].
• Orcus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• Orcus's child astronomical body is recorded as Vanth^[16].
• Orcus's Unicode character is recorded as 🝿^[17].
• Orcus's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 DW^[18].
• Orcus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 17, 2004^[19].
• Orcus's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• Orcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:90482 Orcus^[21].
• Orcus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22618'}^[22].
• Orcus's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.1'}^[23].
• Orcus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+2.2'}^[24].
• Orcus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+2.14'}^[25].
• Orcus's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.68'}^[26].
• Orcus's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+0.37'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include plutino^[6] and dwarf planet^[7].

Origins

Orcus is named after Orcus^[8].

Why It Matters

Orcus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Orcus is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]