90482 Orcus

90482 Orcus
90482 Orcus from Kuiper Objects Pack.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
Designation
Name	90482 Orcus
Reference body	Sun
Number of satellites	0
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2005.71598173516
Semimajor axis (a)	5896946000000 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.22552
Inclination (i)	20.5523300038673° (0.358705827523904 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	268.586000035753° (4.687710025385504 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	341° radian (5.95157274924566 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	24.70671° (0.431213436835408 radians)
Rotational Elements
Sidereal Rotation Period	86400 seconds (24 hours)
Sidereal Rotation Offset	0
Obliquity	0 radians 0.535467015 radians
LAN	0
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	1498300 m
Mass	6.623×10<su>20 kg
Note	*Elements given are from Orcus.cfg (Kuiper Objects Pack.zip).

90482 Orcus (2004 DW) is orbiting in the Kuiper belt and it has one moon Vanth. It was discovered on 17 February 2004. Later, precovery images were found as far back as November 1951.

The orbit of Orcus is locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune like that of 134340 Pluto.

90482 Orcus in Orbiter

Orcus was introduced to Orbiter with the release of Orcus.zip in July 2005.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 5786 Talos
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
Kuiper Objects Pack	O-F Resources	2006-08-10	markl316	Scenery	11 August 2006
Orcus	O-F Resources	2005-07-29	DonT155	Scenery	30 July 2005

See also

90482 Orcus at Wikpedia

Gallery

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  90482 Orcus from Orcus.zip in Orbiter 2005P1
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  90482 Orcus from Kuiper Belt Objects.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
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  Discovery image of 90482 Orcus
  from Wikimedia Commons
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  Orcus and Vanth imaged by Hubble in October 2006
  from Wikimedia Commons