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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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago

You are right. I stand corrected.

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