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Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known objects. They number in the thousands, and they get ...
KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...
A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.
Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational ...
Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.
According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...
A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond ...
Astronomers just found a distant space rock called 2020 VN40, orbiting the Sun way out past Neptune. This icy object takes about 164 years to make one lap around the Sun—talk about a long trip! The ...
There is no danger of 2020 VN 40 colliding with Neptune, as the orbit of this distant world is very inclined with respect to ...
A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond Neptune, from a class known ...
"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...