Discovery of a Dwarf Planet Candidate in an Extremely Wide Orbit: 2017 OF201
Sihao Cheng et al 2026 ApJL 998 L6 In archival data from the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey, researchers have discovered a possible dwarf planet with an orbit that brings it as close as 45 au to…
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