Researchers believe that 2017 OF201’s highly eccentric orbit points to a chaotic origin, possibly caused by a gravitational ...

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As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

Astronomers have discovered a new small planet far from Pluto, expanding our understanding ... size of known dwarf planets and big asteroids like Ceres.Its orbit is extremely elongated, swinging ...

announced the discovery on May 21. At roughly 435 miles wide, 2017 OF201 could qualify as a dwarf planet, the same designation Pluto has had since its demotion from ninth planet in 2006.

“We discovered a very large trans-Neptunian ... in 2006 when it dropped Pluto from the roster of full-fledged planets. Like Pluto, 2017 OF201 would not meet the threshold to be called a planet ...

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