Vanth

natural satellite orbiting 90482 Orcus
Thing minor_planet_moon Q603083
Vanth
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Vanth

Summary

Vanth is a minor planet moon[1]. Vanth draws 288 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #3 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vanth is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown[3].
  • Vanth is credited with the discovery of Terry-Ann Suer[4].
  • Vanth's image is recorded as Orcus-vanth hst2.jpg[5].
  • Vanth's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[6].
  • Vanth is named after Vanth[7].
  • Vanth's location of discovery is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope[8].
  • Vanth's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Vanth symbol (fixed width).svg[9].
  • Vanth's parent astronomical body is recorded as Orcus[10].
  • Vanth's provisional designation is recorded as S/2005 (90482) 1[11].
  • Vanth's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-11-13T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Vanth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05sy5m0[13].
  • Vanth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00091'}[14].
  • Vanth's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.8'}[15].
  • Vanth's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.88'}[16].
  • Vanth's color index is recorded as {'amount': '+1.03'}[17].
  • Vanth's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+105.03'}[18].
  • Vanth's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.5'}[19].
  • Vanth's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14754979', 'amount': '+87'}[20].
  • Vanth's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+9.539154'}[21].
  • Vanth's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+53.49'}[22].
  • Vanth's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+8999.8'}[23].
  • Vanth's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+475'}[24].
  • Vanth's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+442.5'}[25].
  • Vanth's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01543617n[26].
  • Vanth's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}[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] and Terry-Ann Suer[4], an astronomer[33].

Why It Matters

Vanth draws 288 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #3 of 21).[2] Vanth has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Vanth is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Circulars. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Mutual Orbit Orientations of Transneptunian Binaries. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . cbat.eps.harvard.edu. cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Mutual Orbit Orientations of Transneptunian Binaries. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . www2.lowell.edu. www2.lowell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The size, density, and formation of the Orcus-Vanth system in the Kuiper belt. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The size, density, and formation of the Orcus-Vanth system in the Kuiper belt. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mutual Orbit Orientations of Transneptunian Binaries. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Masses and Densities of Dwarf Planet Satellites Measured with ALMA. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Masses and Densities of Dwarf Planet Satellites Measured with ALMA. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mutual Orbit Orientations of Transneptunian Binaries. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mutual Orbit Orientations of Transneptunian Binaries. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Mutual Orbit Orientations of Transneptunian Binaries. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Medium-sized Satellites of Large Kuiper Belt Objects. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . A stellar occultation by Vanth, a satellite of (90482) Orcus. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Medium-sized Satellites of Large Kuiper Belt Objects. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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