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New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system (www.newscientist.com)

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[-] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This dwarf planet is 90 AU from US not from the sun. They just said that the dwarf planet is 90 AU away from us and that 1 AU is equal to the distance between the sun and the earth.

But since the dwarf planets orbit is extremely eccentric that varies heavily.

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[-] tiny_hedgehog@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

You are right. I stand corrected.

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