a new dwarf planet!
On the heels of last weeks reports of a second Sedna and a ringed Centaur comes a third cool outer solar system discovery: A new, likely large member of the Kuiper belt. With an absolute magnitude of about 3.0, the new object currently known as 2013 FY27 is the ninth brightest object beyond Neptune.
More here: http://bit.ly/1mKHoRu
(Image: NASA / JPL Small-body Database Browser / Emily Lakdawalla)
This Week in Science
This week in science!
Cancer cells: http://bit.ly/OSxhM2
Dwarf planet: http://bit.ly/1fom64p
Autism: http://bit.ly/1pd0K0r
Turtle: http://bit.ly/1nYCDoY
3D printed skull: http://bit.ly/1obeYSr
Cambrian creature: http://bit.ly/OTjODB
Ring system: http://bit.ly/1laCgDo
Chromosome: http://bit.ly/O5p06N
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