(90482) Orcus Trans-Neptunian Object
Discovered on 17 February 2004 by Brown, M. E., Trujillo, C. A., Rabinowitz, D. L. at Palomar.
Orcus was the Roman god of death, the counterpart of the Greek Pluto. Orcus collected the dead and carried them back to the underworld that he ruled.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Orcus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Orcus is 48.0 au from the Sun and 48.8 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 90482 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 DW |
| Orbit class | Trans-Neptunian Object |
| Rotation period | 13.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 2.13 |
| Orbital period | 247 years |
| Semi-major axis | 39.4 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 30.7 – 48.1 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 20.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 29.7 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.