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There may be a new dwarf planet just beyond Pluto
The small club of dwarf planets in our solar system may have just grown by one. Astronomers using the new Vera C.
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The small club of dwarf planets in our solar system may have just grown by one. Astronomers using the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile have spotted an object beyond Pluto that seems to be big enough to qualify as a dwarf planet. In fact, it is one of the largest dwarf planet candidates we’ve spotted so far from the sun.
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