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Quaoar
ORBITS:
Sun
TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECT
Quaoar. A journey of about 284 years around the Sun.
Discover Quaoar in the small-body catalogue, with an orbital semi-major axis of about 43.2 astronomical units, then explore its place in the Solar System on the SPACE-di interactive map.
naif:
20050000
Reference material: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3D render credits
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Quaoar: exploring our Solar System’s small worlds…
Quaoar is a trans-Neptunian object in the Solar System, our region of space within the universe. The Sun is the star at the centre of this system. Explore its story and place in our planetary neighbourhood, then find it on the interactive 3D space map.
Quaoar — A catalogued small Solar System body. Its inclusion here reflects scientific, historical or mission relevance rather than completeness of the known population.