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Chaos
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Number
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19521
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Provisional name
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1998 WH24
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Class
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Cubewano
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Discovery date
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19.11.1998
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Discovery chart
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Discovery position
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26° Taurus 34' Rx
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Time of announcement
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03.12.1998 - 18:01 UT
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Orbital period
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307.4 years
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Orbit
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Aphelion
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50.206 AU
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Perihelion
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41.016 AU
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Semimajor axis
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45.611 AU
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Magnitude
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4.9
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Diameter
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200 - 620 km |
 Photo: Copyright © Sirja Melto. |
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Mythology
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In Greek mythology, Chaos is the original state of existence from which the first gods appeared. Chaos was the dark void of space out of which the first objects of existence appeared. These first beings, depicted as children of Chaos alone, were Gaia (the Earth), Tartarus (the Underworld), Nyx (the darkness of the night), Erebus (the darkness of the Underworld), and Bobo (sexual love).
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