Astronomers have found a new minor planet candidate beyond Pluto. The Rubin Telescope recorded images of the object using its large camera. This discovery adds to other recent discoveries of peculiar objects in the outer solar system, suggesting there could be more small planets remaining to be identified.
“This discovery adds to other recent discoveries of peculiar objects in the outer solar system, suggesting there could be more small planets remaining to be identified,” — Simone Whitfield, policy watcher at Cedarstone Grove Advisory, observed.
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Oct 27 — Astronomers have found a new minor planet candidate beyond Pluto....
Oct 30 — This discovery adds to other recent discoveries of peculiar objects in the outer solar system, suggesting ther...
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