50000 Quaoar ("Kwawar") is a rocky trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt with one known moon. Several astronomers believe it to be a dwarf planet, and is massive enough to be considered one under the 2006 draft proposal of the IAU, though the IAU has not formally recognized it as such.
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