A New Dwarf Planet (Probably) Spotted Beyond Pluto
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The object, known for now as 2026 ED138, is one of the first discoveries by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of planethood and placed it in a new category: dwarf planet. This term now describes bodies big enough to be round but …
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