Orcus

Summary

Orcus is a plutino^[1]. Orcus draws 630 Wikipedia views per month (plutino category, ranking #1 of 9).^[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 video is recorded as Orcus-Vanth orbit.gif^[6].
• Orcus's image is recorded as Orcus-vanth hst2.jpg^[7].
• Orcus's instance of is recorded as plutino^[8].
• Orcus's instance of is recorded as dwarf planet^[9].
• Orcus is named after Orcus^[10].
• Orcus's follows is recorded as 90481 Wollstonecraft^[11].
• Orcus's followed by is recorded as (90483) 2004 DM4^[12].
• Orcus's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[13].
• Orcus's minor planet group is recorded as plutino^[14].
• Orcus's minor planet group is recorded as dwarf planet^[15].
• Orcus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Orcus symbol (fixed width).svg^[16].
• Orcus's Commons category is recorded as 90482 Orcus^[17].
• Orcus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[18].
• Orcus's child astronomical body is recorded as Vanth^[19].
• Orcus's Unicode character is recorded as 🝿^[20].
• Orcus's provisional designation is recorded as 2004 DW^[21].
• Orcus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-02-17T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Orcus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02fbph^[23].
• Orcus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 2090482^[24].
• Orcus's significant event is recorded as naming^[25].
• Orcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:90482 Orcus^[26].
• Orcus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22618'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Michael E. Brown^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1965^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics^[31], specialised in planetary science^[32]; Chadwick Trujillo^[4], an astronomer^[33], b. 1973^[34], of United States^[35], specialised in planetary science^[36]; and David L. Rabinowitz^[5], an astronomer^[37], b. 1960^[38], of United States^[39], specialised in astronomy^[40].

Why It Matters

Orcus draws 630 Wikipedia views per month (plutino category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2] Orcus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Orcus is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]