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Astro­nomers aston­ished by ring around fri­gid dis­tant world Quaoar

Publicado em 09 de fevereiro de 2023
WASHINGTON — The small dis­tant world called Quaoar, named after a god of cre­ation in Nat­ive Amer­ican myth­o­logy, is pro­du­cing some sur­prises for astro­nomers as it orbits bey­ond Pluto in the fri­gid outer reaches of our solar sys­tem. Research­ers said on Wed­nes­day they have detec­ted a ring encirc­ling Quaoar akin to the one around the planet Sat­urn. But the one around Quaoar defies the [...]