The most effective way of discovering planets beyond our Solar System has been through observing occultations when a body passes in front of its host star. Astronomers have now used that method to get a better look at a little-known Dwarf Planet much closer to home: Haumea, which orbits the Sun beyond Neptune. The observations not only gave scientists a better understanding of the planet's size, shape and density, but it allowed them to make a surprising new discovery: Haumea has a Rocky Ring around it.
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Category: Space
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- Astronomy
- Dwarf planet
- Max Planck Institute
- Neptune
- Solar System
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