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New Dwarf Planet Candidate Found in Our Solar System
Original: New Dwarf Planet Candidate in Our Solar System
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has announced its first dwarf planet candidate, an icy body spotted in the outer reaches of the Solar System. If confirmed, it would join Pluto, Eris and a handful of others in the dwarf planet category, and astronomers say more such discoveries are expected as the observatory's wide-field survey continues scanning the sky.
Why now: The Rubin Observatory, newly operational and surveying the sky at unprecedented depth, is already turning up significant Solar System objects, drawing broad public interest.
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