50000 Quaoar 🪐

50000 Quaoar is a non-resonant trans-Neptunian object and a possible dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It measures approximately 1,121 km in diameter, about half the diameter of Pluto.

Orbital period: 286 years Radius: 555 km Discovered: 4 June 2002 Orbits: Sun Surface area: 3.83×106 km2 Moon: Weywot