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Scientists Create Model of Ring Around Dwarf Planet Haumea
Publicado em 22 maio 2019
The dwarf planet Haumea orbits the sun in the deep, dark reaches of the outer solar system. Astronomers spotted this object in 2004, and it helped usher in the formal definition a “dwarf planet,” resulting in the demotion of Pluto. The longer astronomers observe Haumea, the more interesting it becomes. Not only does this object have two moons, but it also has a ring system. Haumea is too distant to observe the rings directly, but researchers with the São Paulo Research [...]