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English: Animation of three images taken 90 minutes apart, showing the slow movement of Quaoar (as indicated by the white arrow). These images were taken with the 48-inch Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory on 4 June 2002. At that time, Quaoar was located in the constellation of Ophiuchus, at celestial coordinates RA 16 38 20.71 and Dec -14 51 18.2.
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Source Original image published in Chad Trujillo's website on Frequently Asked Questions about Quaoar - http://www.physics.nau.edu/~trujillo/quaoar
Author Chad A. Trujillo and Michael E. Brown

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