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Date: February 20, 2023 at 09:43:17
From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Ringed Planet That Defies Known Physics Discovered in Outer Reaches of |
URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ringed-planet-that-defies-known-physics-discovered-in-outer-reaches-of-our-solar-system/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=19-02-2023 |
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It turns out that Saturn isn’t the only married planet
in the solar system. A European telescope has found a
new dwarf planet right here at home, and it too has a
ring.
The largest object found to orbit our sun since Pluto
was discovered in 1930, Quaoar is the third-largest
dwarf planet or planetoid of the 3,000 that orbit the
sun out beyond Neptune
A collaboration between the European Space Agency’s
ground-based telescopes and the space-based telescope
Cheops, began observing Quaoar between 2018 and 2021,
during which astronomers discovered it has a ring about
7 times the planet’s 690-mile diameter.
the rest at the link.....
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Date: February 20, 2023 at 10:48:13
From: shadow , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Ringed Planet That Defies Known Physics Discovered in Outer... |
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