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New Ring System Discovered in Our Solar System

Publicado em 10 de fevereiro de 2023
A team of international scientists discovered a new ring system relatively nearby. Quaoar, a dwarf planet, orbits beyond Neptune and is challenging current ring formation theories. The team used HiPERCAM, an extremely sensitive high-speed camera mounted on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)—the world’s largest optical telescope on La Palma in the Canary Islands. Quaoar, about half the size of Pluto, sits on the very edge of the Solar System. Its rings orbit much further than [...]