Check your subscription status, update your details and more. Astronomers spotted what appears to be a dwarf planet in the outer solar system using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory – if confirmed, it joins a small and exclusive club A mosaic of images captured by the Vera C.
Rubin Observatory of the newly discovered dwarf planet candidate ED138 NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Image Processing: M. Juric (UW), D. de Martin & M.
Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) The small club of dwarf planets in our solar system may have just grown by one. Astronomers using the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile have spotted an object beyond Pluto that seems to be big enough to qualify as a dwarf planet.
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