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Also known as (50000) Quaoar I Weywot, Quaoar I Weywot, S/2006 (50000) 1

Weywot (formal designation (50000) Quaoar I) is the only confirmed moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Quaoar. It was discovered by Michael Brown and Terry-Ann Suer using images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 14 February 2006. It is named after the Tongva sky god and son of Quaoar. Weywot is about in diameter and orbits Quaoar every 12.4 days at an average distance of . Weywot is thought to play a role in maintaining Quaoar's outer ring by gravitationally influencing it in an orbital resonance.

Key facts

Planet.name
Weywot
Planet.image
weywot_hst.jpg
Planet.caption
Quaoar and Weywot (left of Quaoar) imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006
Planet.discovered
14 February 2006
Planet.mpc_name
(50000) Quaoar I
Planet.satellite_of
50000 Quaoar
Planet.apsis
apsis
Planet.epoch
21 September 2006 (JD 2454000)
Planet.inclination
(to ecliptic)
Planet.mean_diameter
Planet.density
0.5 to 1.5
Planet.albedo
≈ 0.04
Planet.magnitude
24.7
Planet.abs_magnitude
≈ 8.3

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Wikidata facts

Radius
100
Orbital period
12.431013
Image
Weywot hst.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
2006-02-14
provisional designation
S/2006 (50000) 1
semi-major axis of an orbit
13309
orbital eccentricity
0.018
orbital inclination
38.04
apparent magnitude
24.9
periapsis
13069
apoapsis
13549
absolute magnitude
2.82
Commons category
Weywot (moon)
longitude of ascending node
356.9
argument of periapsis
292
time of periapsis
2453780.42
albedo
0.04
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Contents
  • Discovery
  • Name
  • Orbit
  • Ring dynamics
  • Physical characteristics
  • Notes
  • References

Weywot (formal designation (50000) Quaoar I) is the only confirmed moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Quaoar. It was discovered by Michael Brown and Terry-Ann Suer using images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 14 February 2006. It is named after the Tongva sky god and son of Quaoar. Weywot is about in diameter and orbits Quaoar every 12.4 days at an average distance of . Weywot is thought to play a role in maintaining Quaoar's outer ring by gravitationally influencing it in an orbital resonance.

== Discovery == Weywot was first imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on 14 February 2006, during Michael Brown's survey for satellites around large trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) using Hubble's high-resolution Advanced Camera for Surveys. Consecutive images from that date showed that Weywot appeared stationary relative to Quaoar and was visibly separated at an angular distance of 0.35 arcseconds. After Brown's Hubble survey concluded in late 2006, he and his colleague Terry-Ann Suer reported their newly discovered TNO satellites to the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, which published their discovery of Weywot alongside the three TNO satellites Vanth, Tinia, and the nameless moon of 208996 Achlys on 22 February 2007.

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