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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 newly discovered world — a "sednoid" — challenges what planetary scientists thought they knew about the edge of the solar ...
The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...
A newly found icy object, Ammonite, may be a 4-billion-year-old fossil from the Solar System’s edge—and it’s casting doubt on ...
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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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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 ...
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 ...
Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii detected a faint, icy body. Now named 2023 KQ14, or Ammonite, it lies well beyond Pluto.
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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 ...
Every once in a while, space gives us something totally unexpected. Well this time, the solar system is surprising us with a ...
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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