What Vera Rubin observatory’s first new dwarf planet means
Back in 2006, the International Astronomical Union controversially demoted Pluto . This composite image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was based on photographs taken by the New Horizons mission as it flew by the Plutonian planetary system back in 2015. Charon’s appearance is vastly different from Pluto’s, but both bodies are shown with the correct relative size and albedo. The surface…
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located in Chile, has identified a remarkable dwarf planet named 2026 ED 138. The observatory, which uses an 8.4-meter telescope and a 3200-megapixel camera, conducts a multi-color, decade-long survey of the optical sky. This discovery highlights the observatory's unique sensitivity and cadence, allowing it to uncover faint, distant objects in crowded fields of view.
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