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🔭 Hidden forces at the edge of the Solar System?

A curious, icy and distant object has just been discovered far beyond Pluto. Nicknamed Ammonite, it intrigues astronomers ...
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Telescope uncovers ‘fossil’ from the early days of solar system

Scientists using the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea in Hilo discovered a new celestial object that could provide insight into ...
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Astronomers discover new dwarf planet 'Ammonite' — and it could upend the existence of Planet Nine

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...

Astronomers Discover Potential Dwarf Planet Lurking Way Beyond Pluto

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 ...
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What Does Ammonite’s Orbit Reveal About the Solar System’s Deepest Mysteries?

Would one frozen world, just visible on the rim of the Sun’s kingdom, turn decades of speculation on the concealed layout of ...
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‘Ammonite’ Costume Designer Michael O’Connor on His Moodboard and ...

One wouldn’t know from watching the film Ammonite, which is set in the 1840s, that costume designer Michael O’Connor had to make a case for the characters’s collection of elaborate bonnets.
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Subaru Telescope uncovers “fossil” from the early days of our solar system

The orbit of Ammonite (red line) and the orbits of the other three sednoids (white lines). Ammonite was discovered close to its perihelion, at a distance of 71 astronomical units (71 times the average ...