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Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine ...
Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.
In 2003, NASA-funded researchers spotted what was then the most distant object discovered in our Solar System. The dwarf ...
A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be another nail in the coffin for the Planet Nine hypothesis.
Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.
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 ...
According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could have shaped the orbits of the TNOs and Sednoids. However, Ammonite is ...
(Web Desk) - Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. Researchers using the ...
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 ...
The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.
Researchers just got a step closer to understanding the origins of our solar system, with the discovery of an object orbiting ...
So far, there are only four known objects like it in our solar system. 2023 KQ14 is about 71 times farther from the sun than Earth is. This object follows a unique, stretched-out orbit that has ...