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| Keywords: Quaoar-red-ssc2004-05c.jpg Quaoar and its small moon Weywot This image tries to show the moderately red color of Quaoar http //www physics nau edu/~tegler/research/survey htm B-V 0 94 V-R 0 64 The precise albedos and thus sizes of these two objects are not yet known Quaoar is estimated to be about 844km in diameter Thanks to the orbiting moon Weywot Quaoar is known to be more massive than the dwarf planet Ceres This image is based off of the the image at http //www spitzer caltech edu/Media/releases/ssc2004-05/ssc2004-05c shtml SSC2004-05c Size comparison between Sedna and other bodies in the Solar System<br> Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/R Hurt SSC-Caltech 2010-01-05 Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/R Hurt SSC-Caltech kheider using original NASA image SSC2004-05c Quaoar Solar System object comparisons | ||||
