Number | Name or designation | Mean Anomaly M (degrees) | Long. of Perihelion Argument w (degrees) | Long. of Perihelion L (degrees) | Long. of Ascending Node o (degrees) | Inclination i (degrees) |
50000 | Quaoar | 299.94765 | 149.72550 | 338.72675 | 189.00125 | 7.990421 |
Eccentricity e | Semi major axis a (AU) | Perihelion distance (AU) | Aphelion distance (AU) | Period (years) | Epoch (date) | observations (no) | diameter (km) |
0.0415460 | 43.6411039 | 41.82799 | 45.45421 | 288.2993 | 20210327 | 57 | N.A. |
Number | Name | Designation | Type | Discoverer(s) | MPC-Source |
50000 | Quaoar | 2002 LM60 | TNO | C. A. Trujillo, M. E. Brown, E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence, M. Hicks | M.P.E.C. 2002-T34 |
Discovery-Position | Date | Time | Observatory | Obs.-Long. | Obs.-Lat. |
10?10' Sch?tze /Sagittarius (r.) | 04.06.2002 | 5h41m40s | Palomar Mountain, USA | 116W52' | 33N21' |