Quaoar Creation mythology of the Tongva people A
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Quaoar Creation mythology of the Tongva people A World Beyond Pluto
Quaoar Characteristics • Diameter : 800 miles • Mass : 2. 6 X 1021 kg • Density : 4. 2 g/cm 3 • Surface Gravity : 0. 276 – 0. 376 miles / sec. 2 • Extra Fact : 50, 000 asteroids = Quaoar volume
Quaoar Orbit • Average Orbital Speed : 2. 05 miles /sec. • Average Distance To Sun : 43 AU • Period Of Rotation : 17. 67 days • Period Of Revolution : 288 years • Extra Fact : Nearly circular orbit
Quaoar Surface & Atmosphere • Terrain : Rocky & hilly • Temperature Range : -220 to -160 ˚C • Atmosphere : No known atmosphere • Geology : Water ice, Methanol ice, CO ice • Extra Fact : Has a red surface
Quaoar Discovery • Discovered By : Chad Trujillo & Mike Brown • Date Discovered : June 4 th, 2002 • Time Of Discovery : 10: 48 pm • Found in constellation Ophiuchus • Used a Palomar 48 in. ground telescope
Quaoar Facts • 1 st Trans-Neptunian object measured by HST • May gain status of dwarf planet • 400 km wider than Ceres • 7 billion miles beyond Neptune’s orbit • May have once collided with a Mars-sized object
Quaoar Video • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=7 Pa_T WXf 8 rw
Literature Cited • The Universe • 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About The Universe • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/50000_Quaoar • www. daviddarling. info/encyclopedia/Q/Quaoar. html • www. absoluteastronomy. com/topics/50000_Quaoar
