# Quaoar

> dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt

**Wikidata**: [Q15586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15586)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaoar)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/quaoar


## References

1. [Source](https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K08/K08O05.html)
2. [Source](https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/second-ring-around-quaoar-puzzles-astronomers/)
3. Minor Planet Center database
4. [Source](https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-scientists-find-largest-object-solar-system-plutos-discovery-618)
5. A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit
6. The two rings of (50000) Quaoar
7. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
8. [Source](https://minorplanetcenter.net//iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2002/MPC_20021120.pdf)
9. [Source](http://www2.lowell.edu/users/grundy/tnbs/50000_2002_LM60_Quaoar.html)
10. Updated taxonomy of trans-neptunian objects and centaurs: Influence of albedo
11. Investigating the formation of small Solar System objects using stellar occultations by satellites: present, future and its use to update satellite orbits
12. Limits on Quaoar's atmosphere
13. The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar
14. Direct Measurement of the Size of the Large Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar