Sky chart showing location of KBO "quaoar"
Approximately half the size of Pluto, the icy world 2002 LM60, dubbed "Quaoar" (pronounced kwa-whar) by its discoverers, is the farthest object in the solar system ever to be resolved by a telescope.
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About the Object
Name: | Libra, Ophiuchus, Pluto, Quaoar, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Serpens |
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Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation |
Category: | Illustrations Miscellaneous |