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English: Diagram of the Quaoar-Weywot system to scale, viewed top-down over Quaoar's north pole on 25 February 2023 (JD 2460000.5). The diagram is centered on Quaoar and the system is rotated such that the sun-facing direction points downward. The radii of dynamical zones (resonances and the Roche limit) are labeled and indicated with dashed circles. Weywot orbits counterclockwise from this perspective.
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