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Size, Shape, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of (50000) Quaoar Revealed from 14 years of Stellar Occultation
Margoti, Giuliano; Braga-Ribas, Felipe; Ortiz, José Luis et al.
2026In Astrophysical Journal, 1008, p. 159
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Keywords :
Trans-Neptunian objects; Kuiper belt; Small Solar System bodies; Stellar occultation; Classical Kuiper belt objects
Abstract :
[en] We present results from 28 stellar occultations by the large trans-Neptunian object (50000) Quaoar registered between 2018 and 2025. By performing a joint analysis of this occultation dataset, along with nine other published events, we were able to fit an oblate ellipsoid shape, with equatorial semiaxes a and b of 566.1-2.2+2.5 km, and a polar semiaxis, c, of 511.2-3.7+3.6 km. It provides an equivalent volumetric diameter of 1094.4 ± 4.6 km and polar oblateness of 0.097 ± 0.011. Considering an absolute magnitude of H = 2.79 ± 0.35, we derive a geometric albedo of pV = 0.125 ± 0.038. We have derived new upper limits to the surface pressure of a CH4 atmosphere of 0.15 nbar (1σ) and 0.65 nbar (3σ). We also provide a table with the 36 new astrometric positions for Quaoar. Using the new system mass derived from Weywot's orbit around Quaoar, we calculated a density of 1.760 ± 0.109 g cm-3. Moreover, from the derived size and rotation period (8.8394 ± 0.0002 hr, we calculated that, if Quaoar is in Maclaurin hydrostatic equilibrium state, it would have a density of 1.859 ± 0.200 g cm-3. This result, within the error bars, is compatible with the value we found. Therefore, this work shows that Quaoar can be a Maclaurin object, being eligible as a dwarf planet.
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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Margoti, Giuliano;  National Astronomy Observatory, Brazil, -, -
Braga-Ribas, Felipe;  National Astronomy Observatory, Brazil, -, -, -
Ortiz, José Luis;  Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia
Sicardy, Bruno;  Laboratoire Temps Espace (LTE), Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS UMR 8255, Sorbonne Université, LNE, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, F75014 Paris, France
Desmars, Josselin;  Laboratoire Temps Espace (LTE), Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS UMR 8255, Sorbonne Université, LNE, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, F75014 Paris, France, Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées IPSA, Ivry-sur-Seine 94200, France
Morgado, B. E.;  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro--Observatório do Valongo, Ladeira do Pedro Antônio 43, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20.080-090, Brazil
de Oliveira Gradovski, Eros;  National Astronomy Observatory, Brazil, -, -
Pereira, Chrystian Luciano;  National Astronomy Observatory, Brazil, -
Santos-Sanz, Pablo;  Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia
Gomes-Júnior, Altair Ramos;  Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia--LIneA, Av. Pastor Martin Luther King Jr 126, CEP: 20765-000 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
Bueno de Camargo, Julio Ignacio;  National Astronomy Observatory, Brazil, -
Assafin, Marcelo;  Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia--LIneA, Av. Pastor Martin Luther King Jr 126, CEP: 20765-000 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro--Observatório do Valongo, Ladeira do Pedro Antônio 43, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20.080-090, Brazil
Vieira-Martins, Roberto;  National Astronomy Observatory, Brazil
Kilic, Yucel;  LIRA, CNRS UMR8254, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, 92190 Meudon, France, Instituto de, Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
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English
Title :
Size, Shape, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of (50000) Quaoar Revealed from 14 years of Stellar Occultation
Publication date :
01 September 2026
Journal title :
Astrophysical Journal
ISSN :
0004-637X
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1538-4357
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IOP
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1008
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159
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