Astronomers have confirmed, for the first time, a trans-Neptunian object with a thin atmosphere—something previously thought ...
Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around the small trans-Neptunian object (612533) 2002 XV93, the first such finding beyond Pluto. Observed during a rare stellar occultation in January 2024, ...
An artist's impression of the occultation of 2002 XV93. (NAOJ/Ko Arimatsu) In the wild unknown, out beyond the orbit of ...
A thin atmosphere has been found to exist on one of thousands of trans-Neptunian objects, or TNOs, small celestial bodies outside Neptune, the outermost planet in the solar system, a research team inc ...
Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around the small Kuiper Belt object (612533) 2002 XV93, marking the first such finding beyond Pluto. The roughly 500-kilometer-wide plutino’s atmosphere, 50 ...