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New dwarf planet! 2015 RR245
Lucas
post 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/

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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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- Lucas   New dwarf planet! 2015 RR245   Jul 12 2016, 02:48 AM
- - Floyd   Large elliptical orbit 34 AU to 120 AU. About 700...   Jul 12 2016, 11:25 AM
- - nprev   MOD NOTE: With the exception of the first two post...   Jul 15 2016, 07:11 AM
- - alan   OSSOS: IV. Discovery of a dwarf planet candidate i...   Jul 26 2016, 04:07 PM
- - JohnVV   for any interested , the orbital data for "20...   Jul 26 2016, 08:30 PM

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