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Icy Object Beyond Pluto Eyed as New Dwarf Planet Candidate
Original: Icy Object Spotted Beyond Pluto Emerges as New Dwarf Planet Candidate in the Solar System's Outskirts
Astronomers have identified an icy object in the distant reaches of the solar system beyond Pluto, and it is now being considered a possible new dwarf planet. The discovery adds to the growing list of small planetary bodies found in the solar system's outskirts, a region that remains poorly explored and continues to yield surprises about how the outer solar system formed.
Why now: New discoveries about the composition of the outer solar system tend to attract broad public and scientific interest.
Evidence
- Icy Object Spotted Beyond Pluto Emerges as New Dwarf Planet Candidate in the Solar System's Outskirts · Discover Magazine
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