largest candidates are dwarf planets – in rough order of size, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Ceres, Orcus, and Sedna. Considerable uncertainty...
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Varuna's longest semi-axis is 1003 km, less than half than that of Haumea. In fact, Haumea's polar semi-axis of 1026 km is also over twice as long as Varuna's...
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(55636) 2002 TX300 (category Haumea family)
about 286 kilometres (178 mi) in diameter. It is a large member of the Haumea family that was discovered on 15 October 2002 by the Near-Earth Asteroid...
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planet-sized bodies, including Sedna (), Quaoar (), Orcus (), Gonggong (), Haumea (), Makemake (), and Eris (), have been discovered. They have not yet been...
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Neptune Dwarf planets of the Solar System Ceres Pluto Moons of Pluto Haumea Moons of Haumea Makemake Eris Dysnomia Small Solar System body Asteroids Minor planets...
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Brown, C. Trujillo, and D. Rabinowitz discover the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Haumea. A second team led by José Luis Ortiz Moreno also claims the discovery....
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United States 1936 Vincent Wing United Kingdom 1619 1668 Author of the Astronomia Britannica (published in 1669). John Winthrop Massachusetts Bay Colony...
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