Weywot

Weywot
Weywot from Quaoar2.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name	Weywot
Reference body	50000 Quaoar
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2004.55
Semimajor axis (a)	35000000 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.002
Inclination (i)	0.984° (0.0171740398396242 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	188.799° (3.29516417447277 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	155.925° (2.72140463617216 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	4.170003° (0.0727802821680411 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	225000 m
Mass	2×1020 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	348094 seconds (4.0289)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0.0388
LAN	2.752
Note	*Elements given are from Weywot.cfg (Quaoar2.zip)

Weywot (50000 Quaoar I, S/2006 (50000) 1 is a natural satellite of the Dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar located in the Kuiper Belt. It was discovered by Michael E Brown in February 2006 using images from Hubble. It was named Weywot, son of Quaoar from the Tongva mythology.

Weywot in Orbiter

Weywot were first introduced with the release of MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in May 2003.

Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of these bodies are not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Weywot
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
Quaoar	O-F Resources	2009-11-26	Unknown OHM Addon Developer	Scenery	26 November 2009

See also

Weywot at Wikipedia

Gallery

• 

  Weywot from Quaoar2.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
• 

  Quaoar and Weywot imaged by Hubble in December 2022
  from Wikimedia Commons
• 

  Quaoar showing the two rings and the orbit of Weywot
  from Wikimedia Commons

This article is a stub. You can help Orbiterwiki by expanding it.