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Sedna

Dwarf Planet Sedna



Sedna is a trans-neputian dwarf planet located in the Oort cloud and is one of the most distant known objects in the solar system. It is not officially recognized as a dwarf planet...yet.

Orcus Stats
      1. Mass (kg)
      2. 1e+21
      1. Radius (km)
      2. 995
      1. Density (gm/cm3)
      2. 2.0
      1. Avg. Distance from sun (km)
      2. 75,696,523,000
      1. Rotational period (days)
      2. 0.4
      1. Orbital period (years)
      2. 11,400
      1. Orbital velocity (km/sec)
      2. 1.04
      1. Eccentricity of orbit
      2. 0.85
      1. Tilt of axis (°)
      1. Inclination of orbit (°)
      2. 11.9
      1. Surface gravity (m/sec2)
      2. 0.27
      1. Escape velocity (km/sec)
      2. 0.52
      1. Albedo
      2. 0.32
      1. Magnitude (Vo)
      2. 21
      1. Surface temperature
      2. -260°C
      1. Moons
      2. 0


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