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Live Science on MSNAstronomers discover new dwarf planet 'Ammonite' — and it could upend the existence of Planet NineA newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...
The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...
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Astronomy on MSNNew sednoid “Ammonite” discovery deepens Planet Nine mysteryAstronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine ...
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Space.com on MSNAstronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'?"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...
The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.
For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...
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What Does Ammonite’s Orbit Reveal About the Solar System’s Deepest Mysteries?Would one frozen world, just visible on the rim of the Sun’s kingdom, turn decades of speculation on the concealed layout of ...
The Subaru Telescope has revealed a fourth member of the sednoids, a group of small bodies with peculiar orbits around the ...
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IFLScience on MSN"Something Extraordinary Occurred": A New 380-Kilometer World Has Been Found In Our Solar SystemIn 2003, NASA-funded researchers spotted what was then the most distant object discovered in our Solar System. The dwarf ...
Researchers use the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to find a small object on the outer edge of the Solar System. Nicknamed ...
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Could Ammonite and 2017 OF201 Rewrite the Search for Planet Nine?In the icy, dark expanse beyond Neptune, a cosmic fossil has surfaced that threatens to upset decades-old assumptions about the solar system’s secret structure. The new discovery of “Ammonite,” a ...
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