What is 19521 Chaos?
{{Infobox Minor Planet |bgcolour = #FFFFC0 |name = 19521 Chaos |image = [[file:19521-chaos hst.jpg|frameless|center]] |discoverer = [[Deep Ecliptic Survey|Deep Ecliptic <br /> Survey]] |discovered = November 19, 1998 |mp_name = 19521 Chaos |alt_names = {{mp|1998 WH|24}} |mp_category = [[Trans-Neptunian object|TNO]] ([[cubewano]])<ref name=Buie>{{cite web |author=[[Marc W. Buie]] |date=November 9, 2004 |title=Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 19521 |publisher=SwRI (Space Science Department) |url=http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/astrom/19521.html |access-date=September 28, 2008}}</ref> |epoch = January 30, 2005 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2453400.5) |semimajor = 45.599 [[Astronomical Unit|AU]] |perihelion = 40.929 AU |aphelion = 50.269 AU |eccentricity = 0.102 |period = 309.1006 [[Year|y]] |inclination = 12.0550[[Degree (angle)|°]] |asc_node = 50.0103° |arg_peri = 58.6836° |mean_anomaly = 324.2844° |avg_speed = 4.3931 km/s |dimensions = ~560 km |mass = |density = |surface_grav = |escape_velocity = |sidereal_day = 3.985 (days) |spectral_type = |abs_magnitude = 4.755 |albedo = |single_temperature = }} '''19521 Chaos''' is a [[Kuiper belt|Kuiper belt object]]. Chaos was found in 1998 by the [[Deep Ecliptic Survey]], with [[Kitt Peak National Observatory|Kitt Peak's]] 4&nbsp;m telescope. It is big at about 560&nbsp;km, and bright at H=4.755. It is named after [[Chaos (mythology)|the primeval state of existence]] in [[Greek mythology]], from which the first gods appeared. == Trivia == A jazz-fusion/progressive-rock band from Connecticut got their name from this minor planet. == References == {{reflist}} * [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/J98/J98X08.html original MPEC circular 1998-X08] and [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/J99/J99V03.html the revision, 1