New dwarf planet! 2015 RR245 |
New dwarf planet! 2015 RR245 |
Jul 12 2016, 02:48 AM
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Press release from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/news/NewDwarfPlanet/
QUOTE An international team of astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet orbiting in the disk of small icy worlds beyond Neptune. The new object is roughly 700 kilometers in size and has one of the largest orbits for a dwarf planet. Designated 2015 RR245 by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center, it was found using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii, as part of the ongoing Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS)." Orbital elements from IAU MPC: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K16/K16N67.html |
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