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Astronomers find dwarf planet like object at edge of solar system.
Posted on 4/15/17 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 4/15/17 at 3:38 pm
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"According to new data, DeeDee is about two-thirds the size of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest member of our asteroid belt, and has enough mass to be spherical.
This means DeeDee fulfils the criteria necessary to be termed a dwarf planet, although astronomers have yet to give it that official label.
DeeDee sits on the edge of our Solar System, approximately 92 astronomical units from the Sun, which is roughly 13.7 billion kilometres (8.6 billion miles) in space lingo."
"According to new data, DeeDee is about two-thirds the size of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest member of our asteroid belt, and has enough mass to be spherical.
This means DeeDee fulfils the criteria necessary to be termed a dwarf planet, although astronomers have yet to give it that official label.
DeeDee sits on the edge of our Solar System, approximately 92 astronomical units from the Sun, which is roughly 13.7 billion kilometres (8.6 billion miles) in space lingo."
This post was edited on 4/15/17 at 3:40 pm
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Posted on 4/15/17 at 8:56 pm to Commander Data
DeeDee joins several other interesting trans-Neptunian objects. My favorite is Makemake, discovered in 2005. It's discovery led to the demotion of Pluto from planet status to dwarf planet.
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