Quaoar

Summary

Quaoar is a cubewano^[1]. Quaoar ranks in the top 4% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,058 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 image is recorded as Quaoar-weywot hst.jpg^[5].
• Quaoar's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[6].
• Quaoar's instance of is recorded as dwarf planet^[7].
• Quaoar's instance of is recorded as distant minor planet^[8].
• Quaoar's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[9].
• Chinigchinix is named after Quaoar^[10].
• Quaoar's follows is recorded as (49999) 2000 AW14^[11].
• Quaoar's followed by is recorded as (50001) 2000 AK15^[12].
• Quaoar's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[13].
• Quaoar's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Quaoar symbol (fixed width).svg^[14].
• Quaoar's Commons category is recorded as 50000 Quaoar^[15].
• Quaoar's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• Quaoar's child astronomical body is recorded as Weywot^[17].
• Quaoar's child astronomical body is recorded as rings of 50000 Quaoar^[18].
• Quaoar's Unicode character is recorded as 🝾^[19].
• Quaoar's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 LM60^[20].
• Quaoar's orbit diagram is recorded as Quaoar-Weywot orbit diagram top.png^[21].
• Quaoar's orbit diagram is recorded as Quaoar orbit.png^[22].
• Quaoar's has part is recorded as rings of 50000 Quaoar^[23].
• Quaoar's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-06-04T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Quaoar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0plx4^[25].
• Quaoar's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 2050000^[26].
• Quaoar's significant event is recorded as naming^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[6], dwarf planet^[7], and distant minor planet^[8].

History and Context

Chinigchinix is named after Quaoar^[10].

Why It Matters

Quaoar ranks in the top 4% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,058 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]