Quaoar

Summary

Quaoar is a cubewano^[1]. Quaoar ranks in the top 4% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,840 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Quaoar is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo^[3].
• Quaoar is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown^[4].
• Quaoar's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[5].
• Quaoar's instance of is recorded as dwarf planet^[6].
• Quaoar's instance of is recorded as distant minor planet^[7].
• Quaoar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Chinigchinix is named after Quaoar^[9].
• Quaoar followed (49999) 2000 AW14^[10].
• Quaoar was followed by (50001) 2000 AK15^[11].
• Quaoar's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[12].
• Quaoar's Commons category is recorded as 50000 Quaoar^[13].
• Quaoar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• Quaoar's child astronomical body is recorded as Weywot^[15].
• Quaoar's child astronomical body is recorded as rings of 50000 Quaoar^[16].
• Quaoar's Unicode character is recorded as 🝾^[17].
• Quaoar's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 LM60^[18].
• Quaoar comprises rings of 50000 Quaoar^[19].
• Quaoar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as June 4, 2002^[20].
• Quaoar's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• Quaoar's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈkwɑːwɑːr^[22].
• Quaoar's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈkwɑː.oʊ.ɑːr^[23].
• Quaoar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:50000 Quaoar^[24].
• Quaoar's Commons gallery is recorded as 50000 Quaoar^[25].
• Quaoar's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0402886440'}^[26].
• Quaoar's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.0'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[5], dwarf planet^[6], and distant minor planet^[7].

History and Context

Chinigchinix is named after Quaoar^[9].

Why It Matters

Quaoar ranks in the top 4% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,840 views/month).^[2] Quaoar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Quaoar is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]