dwarf planets
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Pluto’s Huge Ice Volcanoes Are Stranger Than We Realised
Images gathered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015 hinted at the presence of ice volcanoes on Pluto. A new analysis of the data suggests they’re actually a prominent feature of the dwarf planet, with the largest reaching over 6 km high.
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Mysterious Large Asteroid May Actually Be The Smallest Dwarf Planet In The Solar System
A new telescopic survey of Hygiea”the fourth largest object in the main asteroid belt”suggests it’s a dwarf planet, due to its surprisingly spherical shape.
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Amateur Astronomy Equipment May Have Spotted Tiny Object Beyond Neptune
Japanese astronomers spotted evidence of tiny Kuiper Belt object at the outer edge of the Solar System using a pair of telescopes you could buy online, according to a new paper.
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This Dwarf Planet’s Freaky Ice Volcano Might Not Be Alone After All
The only thing cooler than a volcano is an ice volcano, obviously. Scientists think they have spotted these mounds of icy rock — called cryovolcanoes — on many moons, such as Triton, Europa, Titan and demoted planet Pluto (sorry, Pluto). Perhaps the strangest one of all is Ahuna Mons, a solitary ice giant half the…