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1 Summary
- 1.1 Graph
- 1.2 Data Source
2 Licensing

[edit] Summary

Orbit of 90482 Orcus. Generated by a program written by Eurocommuter.

[edit] Graph

Orbits
- Orcus in blue
- Pluto in red
- Neptune in grey (shown as a circle to represent the ecliptic)
Orbits plotted in brighter colours above the ecliptic and darker below.
Major axis drawn showing perihelia (q) and aphelia (Q) and the dates of passage.
Bodies
- Relative Sizes (not to scale with the orbits), colours and albedos illustrated
- The bodies' positions as of April 2006.
Orientation
- The Sun in the centre.
- Yellow segment points toward the vernal point.
- View from the above the ecliptic (~ 8 degrees above, longitude ~80 degrees)

[edit] Data Source

For planets: Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Keplerian Elements for Approximate Positions of the Major Planets [1]
For NTOs: MPCORB as of Feb 14th, 2006

Description	The orbit of 90482 Orcus (Transneptunian object)
Source	Plotted by a program written by the author
Date	20 April 2006
Author	User:Eurocommuter
Permission	see Licence tag
Other versions	TheKuiperBelt_Orbits_Orcus.svg

[edit] Licensing

I, the author of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".