Quaoar

2002 LM60TNO> Hot C.

event on 2019-03-27

543

Radius (km)

0.124

Geometric albedo

Positive chords

Brazil

Observed from

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Model of the occulting body, not a product of this event — a reconstruction, not a direct measurement. The values below are what this occultation measured.

Size — to scalevs Pluto

QUAOAR · R 543 KMPLUTO · R 1188 KM

Quaoar — this objectPluto — comparison

Physical properties

Radius eq. (km)> —

Equivalent radius (km)543 ± 2

Oblateness—

Axis ratios (b/a · c/a)—

Density (g/cm³)1.99 ± 0.46

ShapeMaclaurin

Albedo (V)0.124 ± 0.006

Orbit — top viewheliocentric

43.5

a (AU)

0.041

i (deg)

Occultation record

Event date2019-03-27

Observed fromBrazil

Positive chords1 // radius lower limit

KindMain

Delta (au)42.806

Star G mag.—

Object G mag.—

Astrometryfeeds NIMA ephemeris

Position Date (JD)—

RA position—

Error RA·cos(δ) (mas)—

DEC position—

Error DEC (mas)—

Atmosphere

Pressure (nbar)—

Atm. gas—

Reference & provenance

Lucky Star projectYes

Referencepreliminary

DOI—

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