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--(90482) Orcus and Vanth --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered2004 Feb 17from Palomar Observatory, California, USAby M. E. Brown, C. A. Trujillo, and D. L. Rabinowitz.Alternate designation(s):2004 DW.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1951 Nov 08.Permanent number assigned 2004 Aug 30.

Named 2004 Nov 22 for the mythological Etruscan daimon [MPC053177].

Companion discovered2005 Nov 13 by M. E. Brown and T.-A. SuerusingHubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope.Announced2007 Feb 22 [B07d].Permanent designation I Vanth, assigned 2010 Mar 30; named for the Etruscan mythological creature [MPC69496].

--Links, more technical:

• IAUC 8812.

--Links, less technical:

--Links to ADS abstracts:

• Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Müller, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Panuzzo, P., Kiss, C., Lim, T., Mommert, M., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Tozzi, G. P., Mottola, S., Delsanti, A., Crovisier, J., Duffard, R., Henry, F., Lacerda, P., Barucci, A., & Gicquel, A. 2013, Astronomy and AstrophysicsTNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VIII. Combined Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations of nine bright targets at 70-500 μm
• Jones, B. M., Bennett, C., Gu, X., & Kaiser, R. I. 2012, AGU Fall Meeting AbstractsFormation of High Mass Hydrocarbons on Kuiper Belt Objects
• Belskaya, I. N., Bagnulo, S., Stinson, A., Tozzi, G. P., Muinonen, K., Shkuratov, Yu. G., Barucci, M. A., & Fornasier, S. 2012, Astronomy and AstrophysicsPolarimetry of trans-Neptunian objects (136472) Makemake and (90482) Orcus
• Jones, Brant M., Bennett, C., Gu, X., & Kaiser, R. 2012, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting AbstractsFormation of High Mass Hydrocarbons on Kuiper Belt Objects
• Belskaya, I. N., Bagnulo, S., Stinson, A., Tozzi, G. P., Muinonen, K., Barucci, A., & Fornasier, S. 2012, LPI ContributionsPolarimetry of Transneptunian Objects: Updated Results
• Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira Martins, R., Braga-Ribas, F., Sicardy, B., Andrei, A. H., & da Silva Neto, D. N. 2012, Astronomy and AstrophysicsCandidate stellar occultations by large trans-Neptunian objects up to 2015
• Stinson, A., Belskaya, I., Bagnulo, S., Tozzi, G. P., Muinonen, K., Barucci, A., & Fornasier, S. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference AbstractsPolarimetry of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake
• Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Mueller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Lim, T., Kiss, C., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Boehnhardt, H., Pal, A., Duffard, R., & Barucci, A. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts'TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region'. Results from the PACS and SPIRE observations with the Herschel Space Observatory
• Delsanti, A., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Merlin, F., Bauer, J., Yang, B., & Meech, K. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011The surface and thermal history of Orcus
• Fornasier, S., Lim, T., Müller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Boenhardt, H., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Kiss, C., Pal, A., Duffard, R., Barucci, A., & Dotto, E. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011Sub-millimeter observations of Centaurs and TNOs from the Herschel space telescope
• Carry, B., Hestroffer, D., DeMeo, F. E., Thirouin, A., Berthier, J., Lacerda, P., Sicardy, B., Doressoundiram, A., Dumas, C., Farrelly, D., & Müller, T. G. 2011, Astronomy and AstrophysicsIntegral-field spectroscopy of (90482) Orcus-Vanth
• Levi, Amit & Podolak, Morris 2011, IcarusEstimating the density of intermediate size KBOs from considerations of volatile retention
• Escapa, A. & Fukushima, T. 2011, The Astronomical JournalFree Translational Oscillations of Icy Bodies with a Subsurface Ocean Using a Variational Approach
• Ortiz, J. L., Cikota, A., Cikota, S., Hestroffer, D., Thirouin, A., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Gil-Hutton, R., Santos-Sanz, P., & de La Cueva, I. 2011, Astronomy and AstrophysicsA mid-term astrometric and photometric study of trans-Neptunian object (90482) Orcus
• Ortiz, Jose L., Cikota, A., Cikota, S., Hestroffer, D., Thirouin, A., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Gil-Hutton, R., Santos-Sanz, P., & de la Cueva, I. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyA Photometric And Astrometric Study Of The Trans-neptunian Object Orcus
• DeMeo, F. E., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Alvarez-Candal, A., Delsanti, A., Fornasier, S., & de Bergh, C. 2010, Astronomy and AstrophysicsA spectroscopic analysis of Jupiter-coupled object (52872) Okyrhoe, and TNOs (90482) Orcus and (73480) 2002 PN<SUB>34</SUB>
• Ortiz, J. L., Cikota, A., Hestroffer, D., Cikota, S., Thirouin, A., Molina, A., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Gil-Hutton, R., & Santos-Sanz, P. 2010, European Planetary Science Congress 2010Astrometry and photometry of Orcus from a 33-day campaign
• Nesvorný, David, Youdin, Andrew N., & Richardson, Derek C. 2010, The Astronomical JournalFormation of Kuiper Belt Binaries by Gravitational Collapse
• Delsanti, A., Merlin, F., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Bauer, J., Yang, B., & Meech, K. J. 2010, Astronomy and AstrophysicsMethane, ammonia, and their irradiation products at the surface of an intermediate-size KBO?. A portrait of Plutino (90482) Orcus
• Lim, T. L., Stansberry, J., Müller, T. G., Mueller, M., Lellouch, E., Kiss, C., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Protopapa, S., Moreno, R., Delsanti, A., Duffard, R., Fornasier, S., Groussin, O., Harris, A. W., Henry, F., Horner, J., Lacerda, P., Mommert, M., Ortiz, J. L., Rengel, M., Thirouin, A., Trilling, D., Barucci, A., Crovisier, J., Doressoundiram, A., Dotto, E., Gutiérrez Buenestado, P. J., Hainaut, O., Hartogh, P., Hestroffer, D., Kidger, M., Lara, L., Swinyard, B. M., & Thomas, N. 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics``TNOs are Cool'': A survey of the trans-Neptunian region . III. Thermophysical properties of 90482 Orcus and 136472 Makemake
• Brown, M. E., Ragozzine, D., Stansberry, J., & Fraser, W. C. 2010, The Astronomical JournalThe Size, Density, and Formation of the Orcus-Vanth System in the Kuiper Belt
• Ragozzine, Darin & Brown, M. E. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41The Long-Term Evolution of the Mutual Orbits of Kuiper Belt Binaries
• Ragozzine, Darin Alan 2009, Ph.D. ThesisOrbital dynamics of Kuiper Belt object satellites, a Kuiper Belt family, and extra-solar planet interiors
• Assafin, M., Vieira Martins, R., Ribas, F. B., Camargo, J. I., da Silva Neto, D. N., & Andrei, A. H. 2008, European Planetary Science Congress 2008Astrometric predictions of stellar occultations by Pluto, Charon, Triton and TNOs
• Schaefer, Bradley E., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Tourtellottte, S. W. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyDivision of Icy Bodies into Groups Based on Surface Properties
• Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Guilbert, A., de Bergh, C., Alvarez-Candal, A., Hainaut, O., Doressoundiram, A., Dumas, C., Owen, T., & Coradini, A. 2008, Astronomy and AstrophysicsSurface composition and temperature of the TNO Orcus
• Cook, Jason C., Desch, S. J., & Roush, T. L. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyNear Infreared Spectroscopy of Kuiper Belt Objects: More than Just Water Ice
• Sheppard, Scott S. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyPhotometric Variability of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects: Evidence for Uniform Surfaces
• de Bergh, C., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Dumas, C., Guilbert, A., Hainaut, O., Alvarez-Candal, A., Delsanti, A., Fornasier, S., & Doressoundiram, A. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007Spectroscopic observations of large TNOs with the ESO-VLT
• Sheppard, Scott S. 2007, The Astronomical JournalLight Curves of Dwarf Plutonian Planets and other Large Kuiper Belt Objects: Their Rotations, Phase Functions, and Absolute Magnitudes
• Brown, M. E. & Suer, T.-A. 2007, International Astronomical Union CircularSatellites of 2003 AZ_84, (50000), (55637), and (90482)
• Cook, Jason Campbell 2007, Ph.D. ThesisDissecting intermediate-sized Kuiper belt objects
• Delsanti, Audrey, Bauer, J., Yang, B., & Meech, K. J. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietySearch for Crystalline Water Ice on Kuiper Belt Object Orcus
• Hussmann, Hauke, Sohl, Frank, & Spohn, Tilman 2006, IcarusSubsurface oceans and deep interiors of medium-sized outer planet satellites and large trans-neptunian objects
• Brown, Michael 2006, HST ProposalThe largest Kuiper belt objects
• Brown, Michael, Reach, Bill, & Stansberry, John 2006, Spitzer ProposalThermal properties of the largest Kuiper belt objects
• Brown, Michael, Barkume, Kristine, Roe, Henry, & Schaller, Emily 2006, Spitzer ProposalThe largest Kuiper belt objects
• Ortiz, J. L., Gutiérrez, P. J., Santos-Sanz, P., Casanova, V., & Sota, A. 2006, Astronomy and AstrophysicsShort-term rotational variability of eight KBOs from Sierra Nevada Observatory
• Hussmann, H., Sohl, F., & Spohn, T. 2005, AGU Fall Meeting AbstractsSub-Surface Oceans on Mid-Sized Icy Satellites and Large TNO's
• Trujillo, C. A., Barkume, K. M., Brown, M., Schaller, E. L., & Rabinowitz, D. L. 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyNear Infrared Spectra from Mauna Kea of the New Brightest Kuiper Belt Object
• Trujillo, Chadwick A., Brown, Michael E., Rabinowitz, David L., & Geballe, Thomas R. 2005, The Astrophysical JournalNear-Infrared Surface Properties of the Two Intrinsically Brightest Minor Planets: (90377) Sedna and (90482) Orcus
• de Bergh, C., Delsanti, A., Tozzi, G. P., Dotto, E., Doressoundiram, A., & Barucci, M. A. 2005, Astronomy and AstrophysicsThe surface of the transneptunian object 90482 Orcus
• Tegler, S. C., Romanishin, W., Consolmagno, G. J., Rall, J., Worhatch, R., Nelson, M., & Weidenschilling, S. 2005, IcarusThe period of rotation, shape, density, and homogeneous surface color of the Centaur 5145 Pholus
• de Bergh, C., Delsanti, A., Tozzi, G.-P., Doressoundiram, A., Dotto, E., & Barucci, M. A. 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyThe Surface of the Transneptunian Object 2004 DW
• Trujillo, C. A., Brown, M. E., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Geballe, T. R. 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical SocietyNear Infrared Surfaces of the Intrinsically Brightest Minor Planets 2003 VB12 and 2004 DW
• Denissenko, D. V. 2004, Astronomy LettersOccultations of Stars Brighter Than 15 mag by the Largest Trans-Neptunian Objects in 2004-2014
• Fornasier, S., Dotto, E., Barucci, M. A., & Barbieri, C. 2004, Astronomy and AstrophysicsWater ice on the surface of the large TNO 2004 DW
• Rabinowitz, D., Tourtellotte, S., Brown, M., & Trujillo, C. 2004, International Astronomical Union Circular2004 DW

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