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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 ...
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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 ...
Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.
A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...
The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...
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Discover Magazine on MSNIncredibly Rare Celestial Object May Change What We Know About Planet NineA stronomers have discovered an incredibly rare non-planetary body lurking on the outer reaches of the Solar System, which ...
(Web Desk) - Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. Researchers using the ...
Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii detected a faint, icy body. Now named 2023 KQ14, or Ammonite, it lies well beyond Pluto.
The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.
According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...
Carrell said 2023 KQ14 is an object in our Solar System and described it as a Trans-Neptunian object on a highly elliptical orbit. A trans-Neptunian object is a celestial body that orbits the Sun ...
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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