Date: 26/10/2018 20:20:14
From: dv
ID: 1294163
Subject: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90482_Orcus

Orcus is a plutino, a trans-Neptunian object that is locked in a 2:3 resonance with the ice giant Neptune, making two revolutions around the Sun to every three of Neptune’s. This is much like Pluto, except that it is constrained to always be in the opposite phase of its orbit from Pluto: Orcus is at aphelion when Pluto is at perihelion and vice versa. Moreover, the aphelion of Orcus’s orbit points in nearly the opposite direction from Pluto’s, although the eccentricities and inclinations are similar. Because of these similarities and contrasts, along with its large moon Vanth that recalls Pluto’s large moon Charon, Orcus has been regarded as the anti-Pluto. This was a major consideration in selecting its name, as the deity Orcus was the Etruscan equivalent of the Roman Pluto, and later became an alternate name for Pluto.

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Ha. That I did not know.

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Date: 26/10/2018 20:22:44
From: Arts
ID: 1294165
Subject: re: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

didn’t we do star signs yesterday?

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Date: 26/10/2018 20:25:53
From: party_pants
ID: 1294167
Subject: re: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

dv said:

Ha. That I did not know.

I knew none of this. never heard of it.

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Date: 26/10/2018 20:29:06
From: dv
ID: 1294168
Subject: re: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

party_pants said:


dv said:

Ha. That I did not know.

I knew none of this. never heard of it.

Ain’t learning grand?

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Date: 26/10/2018 20:30:56
From: party_pants
ID: 1294172
Subject: re: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

dv said:


party_pants said:

dv said:

Ha. That I did not know.

I knew none of this. never heard of it.

Ain’t learning grand?

yeah, grand-ish.

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Date: 26/10/2018 20:35:18
From: Michael V
ID: 1294183
Subject: re: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

dv said:


party_pants said:

dv said:

Ha. That I did not know.

I knew none of this. never heard of it.

Ain’t learning grand?

:)

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Date: 1/11/2018 03:46:22
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1296658
Subject: re: Orcus, the anti-Pluto

dv said:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90482_Orcus

Orcus is a plutino, a trans-Neptunian object that is locked in a 2:3 resonance with the ice giant Neptune, making two revolutions around the Sun to every three of Neptune’s. This is much like Pluto, except that it is constrained to always be in the opposite phase of its orbit from Pluto: Orcus is at aphelion when Pluto is at perihelion and vice versa. Moreover, the aphelion of Orcus’s orbit points in nearly the opposite direction from Pluto’s, although the eccentricities and inclinations are similar. Because of these similarities and contrasts, along with its large moon Vanth that recalls Pluto’s large moon Charon, Orcus has been regarded as the anti-Pluto. This was a major consideration in selecting its name, as the deity Orcus was the Etruscan equivalent of the Roman Pluto, and later became an alternate name for Pluto.

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Ha. That I did not know.

I knew it was a plutino. The rest is new to me.

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