(90482) 2004 DW Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
(90482) 2004 DW is a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) that was discovered by Michael (Mike) E. Brown of Caltech, Chadwick (Chad) A. Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory, and David L. Rabinowitz of Yale University. The image of this object was first acquired on February 17, 2004.
Size and magnitude
The apparent magnitude of the object is 18.5, which is the same brightness as 50000 Quaoar. The orbit indicates that the object is a Plutino. Therefore, the object is probably larger than Quaoar, since it is farther from the Sun. Using an assumed albedo of 0.09, Trujillo estimates its diameter to be approximately 1600 km, which makes 2004 DW potentially the second-largest KBO, after Pluto. (The recently discovered 90377 Sedna, lying beyond the Kuiper Belt, may be the second-largest TNO).
IAU rules further state that since (90482) 2004 DW shares a similar size and orbit to that of Pluto, it too must be named after a deity of the underworld.
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Having recently been assigned a number, the discoverers have 10 years from that date (september 2004) to propose a name for the object.External links and sources