Quaoar

Scientific  

/ kwä′ə-wär′ /

1. A Kuiper belt object that, with a diameter of about 1,288 km (800 mi), is the largest such object so far discovered. Quaoar is approximately the size of Charon, Pluto's moon, and has a nearly circular orbit at a distance of some 1.6 billion km (1 billion mi) beyond that of Pluto.

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Example Sentences

Like the first ring around Quaoar, announced by a team of astronomers in February, the second ring lies beyond what is known as the Roche limit.

From New York Times

Elastic collisions may be possible if the ring particles have an icy outer coating, Dhillon said — something that is plausible, given Quaoar's location at the edge of the solar system.

From Scientific American

A potential explanation for Quaoar’s distant ring is the presence of Weywot.

From New York Times

Along the way, each of China’s probes would independently study targets such as Jupiter, Neptune and some select KBOs such as the dwarf planet Quaoar.

From Scientific American

Kathy Mandt, a planetary scientist, has been exploring the potential for Interstellar Probe to fly past Uranus, Neptune or an icy body in the Kuiper belt called Quaoar.

From Washington Post