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Fascinating rings discovered around dwarf planet quaoar
Publicado em 20 fevereiro 2023
The solar system is a constant source of wonder. As telescopes and imaging technologies advance, astronomers are learning more about distant worlds we can barely see. One of them is the icy dwarf planet Quaoar, which is only 1/3 the diameter of Earth's Moon. It orbits our Sun about 4 billion miles from Earth in the Kuiper Belt, a belt of frozen cosmic debris that includes Pluto. However, unlike Pluto, Quaoar has been found to have rings (as well as Saturn). Moreover, as recently published [...]