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This dwarf planet has a ring instead of a moon
Publicado em 08 de fevereiro de 2023
(CNN) — Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it. And scientists are baffled as to why.
The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide, it’s about the seventh largest, with Pluto and Eris ranking as the biggest.
Observations of Quaoar made between 2018 and 2021 revealed that the planet has a ring sitting farther away [...]