Number

90482

Provisional name

2004 DW

Class

Plutino

Discovery date

17.02.2004

Discovery position

24° Leo 53' Rx

Time of announcement

19.02.2004 - 0:45 UT

Orbital period

246.4 years

Orbit

Aphelion

48.051 AU

Perihelion

30.323 AU

Semimajor axis

39.187 AU

Magnitude

2.3

Diameter

654 - 2100 km

Mythology

Orcus

J. R. R. Tolkien used the word Orcus for the name of the monstrous orc in his Lord of the Rings trilogy. David Day describes in "A Tolkien Bestiary" that orcs were ugly creatures, who were afraid of light and were comfortable in dirty holes and underworld caves.