Orbit from osculating elements
Orcus is placed by solving a Keplerian orbit at the simulation time (a = 39.3 AU, e = 0.222, i = 20.6°, period 246.7 yr).
Plutino and dwarf planet candidate locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune, like Pluto.
One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.
Orcus is placed by solving a Keplerian orbit at the simulation time (a = 39.3 AU, e = 0.222, i = 20.6°, period 246.7 yr).
Orcus: mean radius 455 km. These values are bundled with the object record and drive the rendered size.
The smooth globe represents approximate color and simulated lighting. No resolved global map is available; geological detail is not invented.
The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.