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A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...
KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...
Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis.
Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.
Every once in a while, space gives us something totally unexpected. Well this time, the solar system is surprising us with a ...
The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...
Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. So far, there are only four known ...
According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...
Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.
For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...
A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...
Discovered through the Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy (FOSSIL) survey using the Subaru Telescope in ...