Dwarf Planet Quaoar

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ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar
ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar

During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has observed a dwarf planet in our own Solar System and made a decisive contribution to the discovery of a dense ring of material around it.The dwarf planet is known as Quaoar. The presence of a ring at a…
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Quaoar: Astronomers discover unexpected new ring system around dwarf planet
Quaoar: Astronomers discover unexpected new ring system around dwarf planet

Ring systems are relatively rare in the Solar System and Quaoar's ring seems to be much further away than experts thought possible!
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50000 Quaoar - Wikipedia
50000 Quaoar - Wikipedia
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