• http://iota-es.de/JOA/JOA2020_1.pdf (2020) General summary of Quaoar - 2020JOA....10a..24K

=== Discovery and news ===

• https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K02/K02T34.html MPEC 2002-T34 : 2002 LM60 (2002) Formal announcement of Quaoar's discovery - 2002MPEC....T...34W Y
• http://www.physics.nau.edu/~trujillo/quaoar/ Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar (2002) Y
• http://web.archive.org/web/20021206194727/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~chad/quaoar/precovery.html Quaoar Precoveries Y
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160706163645/http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/17/text/ Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto (2002) Y
• https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-scientists-find-largest-object-solar-system-plutos-discovery-618 Caltech scientists find largest object in solar system since Pluto's discovery (2002) Y
• https://www.universetoday.com/8461/new-large-object-discovered-past-pluto/ New Large Object Discovered Past Pluto (2002)
• https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/08/science/telescopes-find-a-miniplanet-at-the-solar-system-s-edge.html?searchResultPosition=3 Telescopes Find a Miniplanet At the Solar System's Edge (2002) Y
• https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2002/MPC_20021120.pdf M.P.C. 47066 (2002) Official numbering AND naming of Quaoar, all in one publication Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003EM%26P...92...99T/abstract The Caltech Wide Area Sky Survey (2003) Y
• https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/a-new-kuiper-belt-kingpin/ A New Kuiper Belt Kingpin (2003)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26G....44c..21H/abstract Planets: Quaoar and the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt (2003) An overview of large TNOs
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090518012454/http://www.searchmagazine.org/Archives/Back%20Issues/2008%20July-August/full-heavenly-bodies.html Heavenly Bodies and the People of the Earth (2008) Mike Brown interview and naming of Weywot Y
• How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (2010) Y

• http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/tnodiam.html LIST OF SIZES (2018)
• https://archive.stsci.edu/proposal_search.php?id=9678&mission=hst Direct Measurement of the Size of the Largest Kuiper Belt Object – HST Proposal 9678 (2002 - 2002hst..prop.9678B) Quaoar's size measured before public announcement Y
• https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/07oct_newworld A Cold New World (2002) Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AJ....127.2413B/abstract Direct Measurement of the Size of the Large Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar (2004) Y
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103509000116 High albedos of low inclination Classical Kuiper belt objects (2009)
• https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2011/EPSC-DPS2011-1060.pdf Stellar Occultations by TNOs: the January 08, 2011 by (208996) 2003 AZ84 and the May 04, 2011 by (50000) Quaoar (2011) 2011epsc.conf.1060B
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013A%26A...555A..15F/abstract TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VIII. Combined Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations of 9 bright targets at 70--500 micron (2013) Y
• The Size, Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations (2013) Y
• http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/rmaa/RMxAC..44/PDF/RMxAC..44_PS_braga-ribas.pdf Stellar occultations by transneptunian and Centaurs objects: Results from more than 10 observed events (2014)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AAS...22324708D/abstract Observation and Analysis of a Single-Chord Stellar Occultation by Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar (2014)
• https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.06747 The thermal emission of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian objects at millimeter wavelengths from ALMA observations (2017)

• https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.09988 New Constraint on the Atmosphere of (50000) Quaoar from a Stellar Occultation (2010) Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...773...26B/abstract The Size, Shape, Albedo, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of Transneptunian Object (50000) Quaoar from Multi-chord Stellar Occultations (2013) Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...774L..18F/abstract Limits on Quaoar's Atmosphere (2013) Y
• https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/43 Volatile Loss and Classification of Kuiper Belt Objects (2015)

• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...408L..17M/abstract Visible spectroscopy of the two largest known trans-Neptunian objects: Ixion and Quaoar (2003)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004Natur.432..681S/abstract Volcanoes on Quaoar? (2004)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004Natur.432..731J/abstract Crystalline water ice on the Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar (2004) Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...450.1239B/abstract Exploring the surface properties of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs with polarimetric FORS1/VLT observations (2006)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ApJ...670L..49S/abstract Detection of methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar (2007) Y
• https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/55 Near-Infrared Spectra of Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects (2007)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009Icar..201..272G/abstract ESO-Large Program on TNOs: Near-infrared spectroscopy with SINFONI (2008) Quaoar's surface appears homogeneous
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A%26A...493..283D/abstract Visible and near-infrared colors of Transneptunian objects and Centaurs from the second ESO large program (2009) Quaoar's spectral index reported as RR
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014DPS....4651004D/abstract A New, Longitudinally Resolved, Spectroscopic Characterization of Quaoar’s Surface (2014)
• http://www.eso.org/~ohainaut/MBOSS/aa19566-12_tap.pdf Colours of minor bodies in the outer solar system II. A statistical analysis revisited (2012)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...827...65T/abstract Photometric Measurements of H2O Ice Crystallinity on Trans-Neptunian Objects (2016)

• http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/out/kbbook/Chapters/Barucci_Spectra.pdf Composition and Surface Properties of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs (2008ssbn.book..143B)
• http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/out/kbbook/Chapters/Brown_Planetoids.pdf The Largest Kuiper Belt Objects (2008ssbn.book..335B)
• http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/out/kbbook/Chapters/Sheppard_Lightcurves.pdf Photometric Lightcurves of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs: Rotations, Shapes, and Densities (2008ssbn.book..129S)
• http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/out/kbbook/Chapters/Stansberry_Spitzer.pdf Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from the Spitzer Space Telescope (2008ssbn.book..161S) Y
• http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/out/kbbook/Chapters/Stern_Atmospheres.pdf On the Atmospheres of Objects in the Kuiper Belt (2008ssbn.book..365S) The reported crystallinity also indicates that the surface ice on Quaoar has been heated to at least 110 K

• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A%26A...501..349D/abstract Composition of KBO (50000) Quaoar (2009)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...529A..71G/abstract New 3D thermal evolution model for icy bodies application to trans-Neptunian objects (2011) Quaoar's high density implies that its surface is thermally evolved
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011Icar..214..308L/abstract Estimating the Density of Intermediate Size KBOs from Considerations of Volatile Retention (2011)
• http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/out/kbcomp.pdf The compositions of Kuiper belt objects (2011)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014cosp...40E3004S/abstract Phase transitions of water and possibility of cryovolcanism in thermal history of KBO objects Orcus and Quaoar (2014)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014P%26SS..104..147S/abstract Conditions for liquid or icy core existence in KBO objects: Numerical simulations for Orcus and Quaoar (2014)
• https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2015/EPSC2015-37.pdf The young surface of (50000) Quaoar (2015)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015A%26A...584A.107B/abstract (50000) Quaoar: Surface composition variability (2015)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.460.1542B/abstract Interpreting the Densities of the Kuiper Belt's Dwarf Planets (2016)

• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...586A.155A/abstract Absolute magnitudes and phase coefficients of trans-Neptunian objects (2016) Hv = 2.777 ± 0.25

• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...409L..13O/abstract Rotational brightness variations in Trans-Neptunian Object 50000 Quaoar (2003) Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AdSpR..40..238L/abstract Observations of dwarf planet (136199) Eris and other large TNOs on Lulin Observatory (2007)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AJ....133...26R/abstract The Diverse Solar Phase Curves of Distant Icy Bodies. I. Photometric Observations of 18 Trans-Neptunian Objects, 7 Centaurs, and Nereid (2007)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...522A..93T/abstract Short-term variability of a sample of 29 trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs (2010)
• https://www.iaa.csic.es/sites/default/files/thesis/THIROUIN.pdf https://www.iaa.csic.es/sites/default/files/thesis/THIROUIN.pdf Study of Trans-Neptunian Objects using photometric techniques and numerical simulations (2013) overview of photometric measurements of Quaoar's light curve

• http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08812.html IAUC 8812: Sats OF 2003 AZ_84, (50000), (55637),, (90482); V1281 Sco; V1280 Sco (2007) Discovery of Weywot - 2007IAUC.8812....1B
• http://www.mikebrownsplanets.com/2007/12/discovery-2008.html Discovery 2008 (2007)
• https://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/iau/2009/9094.html (50000) Quaoar I (2009) Naming of Weywot - 2009IAUC.9094....3G
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...714.1547F/abstract Quaoar: A Rock in the Kuiper belt (2010) Y
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013Icar..222..357F/abstract The Mass, Orbit, and Tidal Evolution of the Quaoar-Weywot System (2012) Y
• Study of Trans-Neptunian Objects using photometric techniques and numerical simulations (2013)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.460.1542B/abstract Interpreting the densities of the Kuiper belt's dwarf planets (2016)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....154...19B/abstract The Density of Mid-sized Kuiper Belt Objects from ALMA Thermal Observations (2017)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...608A..19K/abstract "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. XIII. Statistical analysis of multiple trans-Neptunian objects observed with Herschel Space Observatory (2017)
• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019NatAs...3..802A/abstract Early formation of moons around large trans-Neptunian objects via giant impacts (2019)

• https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011JBIS...64..296M/abstract A Survey of Mission Opportunities to Trans-Neptunian Objects (2011) Y
• https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1806/1806.08393.pdf The New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission (2018) New Horizons observes Quaoar from a distance of 11.91 AU on Jan 19, where it appears at an apparent magnitude of 18.9
• https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/orals/34097 extra, multiple papers on an interstellar probe concept (2019)