Quaoar (English Wikipedia)

Ortiz, J. L.; Gutiérrez, P. J.; Casanova, V.; Teixeira, V. R. (October 2003). "Rotational brightness variations in Trans-Neptunian Object 50000 Quaoar" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 409 (2): L13 – L16. Bibcode:2003A&A...409L..13O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031253. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

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Kiss, C.; Müller, T. G.; Marton, G.; Szakáts, R.; Pál, A.; Molnár, L.; et al. (March 2024). "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024A&A...684A..50K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348054.
C. L. Pereira; et al. (2023). "The two rings of (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. arXiv:2304.09237. Bibcode:2023A&A...673L...4P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346365. ISSN 0004-6361. Wikidata Q117802048.
Fraser, Wesley C.; Trujillo, Chad; Stephens, Andrew W.; Gimeno, German; Brown, Michael E.; Gwyn, Stephen; Kavelaars, J. J. (September 2013). "Limits on Quaoar's Atmosphere". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 774 (2): 4. arXiv:1308.2230. Bibcode:2013ApJ...774L..18F. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/774/2/L18. S2CID 9122379.
Schaller, E. L.; Brown, M. E. (November 2007). "Detection of Methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar". The Astrophysical Journal. 670 (1): L49 – L51. arXiv:0710.3591. Bibcode:2007ApJ...670L..49S. doi:10.1086/524140. S2CID 18587369.
Levison, Harold F.; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Van Laerhoven, Christa; Gomes, Rodney S.; Tsiganis, Kleomenis (July 2008). "Origin of the Structure of the Kuiper Belt during a Dynamical Instability in the Orbits of Uranus and Neptune". Icarus. 196 (1): 258–273. arXiv:0712.0553. Bibcode:2008Icar..196..258L. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.035. S2CID 7035885.
Stansberry, John; Grundy, Will; Brown, Mike; Cruikshank, Dale; Spencer, John; Trilling, David; Margot, Jean-Luc (2008). "Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from the Spitzer Space Telescope" (PDF). The Solar System Beyond Neptune. University of Arizona Press. pp. 161–179. arXiv:astro-ph/0702538. Bibcode:2008ssbn.book..161S. ISBN 978-0-8165-2755-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
Fraser, Wesley C.; Brown, Michael E. (May 2010). "Quaoar: A Rock in the Kuiper Belt". The Astrophysical Journal. 714 (2): 1547–1550. arXiv:1003.5911. Bibcode:2010ApJ...714.1547F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/714/2/1547. S2CID 17386407.
Fornasier, S.; Lellouch, E.; Müller, T.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Panuzzo, P.; Kiss, C.; et al. (July 2013). "TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VIII. Combined Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations of nine bright targets at 70–500 μm". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 555 (A15): 22. arXiv:1305.0449v2. Bibcode:2013A&A...555A..15F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321329. S2CID 119261700.
Emery, J. P.; Wong, I.; Brunetto, R.; Cook, R.; Pinilla-Alonso, N.; Stansberry, J. A.; et al. (March 2024). "A Tale of 3 Dwarf Planets: Ices and Organics on Sedna, Gonggong, and Quaoar from JWST Spectroscopy". Icarus. 414 (116017). arXiv:2309.15230. Bibcode:2024Icar..41416017E. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116017.
Arimatsu, Ko; Ohsawa, Ryou; Hashimoto, George L.; Urakawa, Seitaro; Takahashi, Jun; Tozuka, Miyako; et al. (December 2019). "New constraint on the atmosphere of (50000) Quaoar from a stellar occultation". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (6): 7. arXiv:1910.09988. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..236A. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab5058. S2CID 204823847.

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Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(50000) Quaoar". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (50000) Quaoar, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1197. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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Brown, Michael E.; Trujillo, Chadwick A. (April 2004). "Direct Measurement of the Size of the Large Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 127 (4): 2413–2417. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2413B. doi:10.1086/382513. S2CID 1877283. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
Trujillo, C. A.; Brown, M. E. (June 2003). "The Caltech Wide Area Sky Survey" (PDF). Earth, Moon, and Planets. 92 (1): L13 – L16. Bibcode:2003EM&P...92...99T. doi:10.1023/B:MOON.0000031929.19729.a1. S2CID 189905639. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(50000) Quaoar". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (50000) Quaoar, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1197. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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Runyon, K. D.; Mandt, K.; Stern, S. A.; Brandt, P. C.; McNutt, R. L. (December 2018). Kuiper Belt Planet Geoscience from Interstellar Probe. AGU Fall Meeting 2018. American Geophysical Union. Bibcode:2018AGUFMSH32C..10R. SH32C-10. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

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Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(50000) Quaoar". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (50000) Quaoar, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1197. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
Kiss, C.; Müller, T. G.; Marton, G.; Szakáts, R.; Pál, A.; Molnár, L.; et al. (March 2024). "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024A&A...684A..50K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348054.
B. E. Morgado; et al. (8 February 2023). "A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit". Nature. 614 (7947): 239–243. Bibcode:2023Natur.614..239M. doi:10.1038/S41586-022-05629-6. ISSN 1476-4687. Wikidata Q116754015.
Ortiz, J. L.; Gutiérrez, P. J.; Casanova, V.; Teixeira, V. R. (October 2003). "Rotational brightness variations in Trans-Neptunian Object 50000 Quaoar" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 409 (2): L13 – L16. Bibcode:2003A&A...409L..13O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031253. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
C. L. Pereira; et al. (2023). "The two rings of (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. arXiv:2304.09237. Bibcode:2023A&A...673L...4P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346365. ISSN 0004-6361. Wikidata Q117802048.
Fraser, Wesley C.; Trujillo, Chad; Stephens, Andrew W.; Gimeno, German; Brown, Michael E.; Gwyn, Stephen; Kavelaars, J. J. (September 2013). "Limits on Quaoar's Atmosphere". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 774 (2): 4. arXiv:1308.2230. Bibcode:2013ApJ...774L..18F. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/774/2/L18. S2CID 9122379.
Belskaya, Irina N.; Barucci, Maria A.; Fulchignoni, Marcello; Lazzarin, M. (April 2015). "Updated taxonomy of trans-neptunian objects and centaurs: Influence of albedo". Icarus. 250: 482–491. Bibcode:2015Icar..250..482B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.004.
Brown, Michael E.; Trujillo, Chadwick A. (April 2004). "Direct Measurement of the Size of the Large Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 127 (4): 2413–2417. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2413B. doi:10.1086/382513. S2CID 1877283. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
Trujillo, C. A.; Brown, M. E. (June 2003). "The Caltech Wide Area Sky Survey" (PDF). Earth, Moon, and Planets. 92 (1): L13 – L16. Bibcode:2003EM&P...92...99T. doi:10.1023/B:MOON.0000031929.19729.a1. S2CID 189905639. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
Schaller, E. L.; Brown, M. E. (November 2007). "Detection of Methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar". The Astrophysical Journal. 670 (1): L49 – L51. arXiv:0710.3591. Bibcode:2007ApJ...670L..49S. doi:10.1086/524140. S2CID 18587369.
Delsanti, Audrey; Jewitt, David (2006). "The Solar System Beyond The Planets" (PDF). In Blonde, P.; Mason, J. (eds.). Solar System Update. Springer. pp. 267–293. Bibcode:2006ssu..book..267D. doi:10.1007/3-540-37683-6_11. ISBN 3-540-26056-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2007.
Levison, Harold F.; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Van Laerhoven, Christa; Gomes, Rodney S.; Tsiganis, Kleomenis (July 2008). "Origin of the Structure of the Kuiper Belt during a Dynamical Instability in the Orbits of Uranus and Neptune". Icarus. 196 (1): 258–273. arXiv:0712.0553. Bibcode:2008Icar..196..258L. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.035. S2CID 7035885.
Fraser, Wesley C.; Brown, Michael E. (May 2010). "Quaoar: A Rock in the Kuiper Belt". The Astrophysical Journal. 714 (2): 1547–1550. arXiv:1003.5911. Bibcode:2010ApJ...714.1547F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/714/2/1547. S2CID 17386407.
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Jewitt, David C.; Luu, Jane (December 2004). "Crystalline water ice on the Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar" (PDF). Nature. 432 (7018): 731–733. Bibcode:2004Natur.432..731J. doi:10.1038/nature03111. PMID 15592406. S2CID 4334385. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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Emery, J. P.; Wong, I.; Brunetto, R.; Cook, R.; Pinilla-Alonso, N.; Stansberry, J. A.; et al. (March 2024). "A Tale of 3 Dwarf Planets: Ices and Organics on Sedna, Gonggong, and Quaoar from JWST Spectroscopy". Icarus. 414 (116017). arXiv:2309.15230. Bibcode:2024Icar..41416017E. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116017.
Arimatsu, Ko; Ohsawa, Ryou; Hashimoto, George L.; Urakawa, Seitaro; Takahashi, Jun; Tozuka, Miyako; et al. (December 2019). "New constraint on the atmosphere of (50000) Quaoar from a stellar occultation". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (6): 7. arXiv:1910.09988. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..236A. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab5058. S2CID 204823847.

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Braga-Ribas, F.; Sicardy, B.; Ortiz, J. L.; Lellouch, E.; Tancredi, G.; Lecacheux, J.; et al. (August 2013). "The Size, Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations". The Astrophysical Journal. 773 (1): 13. Bibcode:2013ApJ...773...26B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/26. hdl:11336/1641. S2CID 53724395. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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Kiss, C.; Müller, T. G.; Marton, G.; Szakáts, R.; Pál, A.; Molnár, L.; et al. (March 2024). "The visible and thermal light curve of the large Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 684: A50. arXiv:2401.12679. Bibcode:2024A&A...684A..50K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348054.
B. E. Morgado; et al. (8 February 2023). "A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit". Nature. 614 (7947): 239–243. Bibcode:2023Natur.614..239M. doi:10.1038/S41586-022-05629-6. ISSN 1476-4687. Wikidata Q116754015.
Ortiz, J. L.; Gutiérrez, P. J.; Casanova, V.; Teixeira, V. R. (October 2003). "Rotational brightness variations in Trans-Neptunian Object 50000 Quaoar" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 409 (2): L13 – L16. Bibcode:2003A&A...409L..13O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031253. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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Fraser, Wesley C.; Trujillo, Chad; Stephens, Andrew W.; Gimeno, German; Brown, Michael E.; Gwyn, Stephen; Kavelaars, J. J. (September 2013). "Limits on Quaoar's Atmosphere". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 774 (2): 4. arXiv:1308.2230. Bibcode:2013ApJ...774L..18F. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/774/2/L18. S2CID 9122379.
Belskaya, Irina N.; Barucci, Maria A.; Fulchignoni, Marcello; Lazzarin, M. (April 2015). "Updated taxonomy of trans-neptunian objects and centaurs: Influence of albedo". Icarus. 250: 482–491. Bibcode:2015Icar..250..482B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.004.
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Delsanti, Audrey; Jewitt, David (2006). "The Solar System Beyond The Planets" (PDF). In Blonde, P.; Mason, J. (eds.). Solar System Update. Springer. pp. 267–293. Bibcode:2006ssu..book..267D. doi:10.1007/3-540-37683-6_11. ISBN 3-540-26056-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2007.
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