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Quaoar Ring Discovery

Brazil · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2023

Bruno Morgado8 February 2023

Science / Astronomy

Morgado and colleagues report a dense ring around Quaoar orbiting far outside the object's classical Roche limit.

Names involved

Bruno Morgado

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