Dwarf planet candidates
| Name | Category | Estimated diameter (km) | Absolute Magnitude (H) |
Mass (×1020 kg) |
Orbital radius (AU) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| by [2] | by [3] | by [4] | by [5] | |||||
| Orcus | plutino (1 moon) |
1,100 | 909 | 946 | 1,500 | 2.3 | 6.32 ± 0.05 | 39.2 |
| Huya | plutino | 480 | 480 | — | — | 4.7 | 0.6–1.8? | 39.4 |
| Pluto | plutoid | 2,306 | –0.7 | 130 | 39.4 | |||
| Ixion | plutino | 980 | 570 | 650 | 1,065 | 3.2 | ~3? | 39.6 |
| Varuna | cubewano | 780 | 874 | 500 | 900 | 3.7 | ~3.7? | 42.9 |
| Haumea | plutoid | 1,436 | 0.17 | 40 | 43.3 | |||
| Quaoar | cubewano (1 moon) |
1,290 | 1,260 | 844 | 1,200 | 2.7 | 21–29 | 43.5 |
| Makemake | plutoid | 1,500 | –0.45 | 30 | 45.3 | |||
| (55565) 2002 AW197 | cubewano | 940 | 793 | 735 | 890 | 3.2 | ~4.1? | 47.0 |
| (84522) 2002 TC302 | 5:2 SDO | 710 | 1,200 | 1,150 | — | 3.8 | 15? | 55.4 |
| (225088) 2007 OR10 | 10:3? SDO | 1200? | — | 1.9 | ? | 67.3 | ||
| Eris | plutoid | 2,600 | –1.12 | 167 | 68.0 | |||
| (15874) 1996 TL66 | SDO | — | 632 | 460–690 | — | 5.4 | 2? | 83.9 |
| Sedna | Detached object | 1,800 | 1,500 | < 1,600 | < 1,500 | 1.5 | 8–70? | 509 |
- ^ All bodies with estimated diameters of 900 km or more, with 3 additional prime suspects (Huya, 2007 OR10, 1996 TL66) cited in Tancredi & Favre. "Which are the dwarfs in the Solar system?" (PDF). Asteroids, Comets, Meteors. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ Mike Brown. "The Dwarf Planets". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
- ^ Johnston, Robert (2007-11-24). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive.net. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ Barucci, M.A. (2007). "Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope". The Solar System beyond Neptune. University of Arizona Press. arXiv:astro-ph/0702538. Bibcode:2008ssbn.book..161S.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ David C. Jewitt. "Kuiper Belt: The 1000 km Scale KBOs". University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy. Retrieved 2008-02-10.