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Daniel PomarèdeNSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Orbitviewer AppNew 3D, interactive visualization of planets and minor planets in our Solar System lets you explore Rubin discoveries in real time. ☑️ <a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/announcements/ann25014/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noirlab.edu/public/announcements/ann25014/</a> ☑️ <a href="https://orbitviewer.app/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://orbitviewer.app/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rubin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RubinObservatory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinFirstLook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RubinFirstLook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visualization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarsystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dwarfplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarfplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NearEarthObjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NearEarthObjects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NEO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NEOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NEOs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asteroids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MainBeltAsteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MainBeltAsteroids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MainBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MainBelt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Centaurs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trojans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trojans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TNOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TNOs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransNeptunianObjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransNeptunianObjects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a>

Cosmic LogA cousin for Pluto? New dwarf planet candidate found Astrophysicists say they've identified an object beyond the orbit of Neptune that's likely to qualify as a dwarf planet, alongside other trans-Neptunian objects including Pluto, the erstwhile "ninth planet."The discovery of 2017 OF201 touches upon another ninth-planet contr <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/22/a-cousin-for-pluto-new-dwarf-planet-candidate-found/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/22/a-cousin-for-pluto-new-dwarf-planet-candidate-found/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CosmicSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CosmicSpace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DwarfPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfPlanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PlanetNine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlanetNine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PlanetX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlanetX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a>

Miro CollasNobody Expected JWST To Find Signs of Ongoing Eruptions on Makemake - YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmzFvZ31ih4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmzFvZ31ih4</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DwarfPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfPlanets</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesWebbTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesWebbTelescope</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.socialA pair of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DwarfPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfPlanets</a> lurking in the outer reaches of the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SolarSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarSystem</a> could still be <a href="https://noc.social/tags/GeologicallyActive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeologicallyActive</a>, increasing the chances that they could support <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AlienLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienLife</a>, a new study suggests. The findings could also change what we know about dwarf planets in general. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a><a href="https://noc.social/tags/JamesWebbTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesWebbTelescope</a> spots potential conditions for life on 2 dwarf planets beyond <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Neptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neptune</a> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/james-webb-telescope-spots-potential-conditions-for-life-on-2-dwarf-planets-beyond-neptune" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/james-webb-telescope-spots-potential-conditions-for-life-on-2-dwarf-planets-beyond-neptune</a>

Matt WillemsenEven Eris and Makemake Could Have Geothermal Activity <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/165777/even-eris-and-makemake-could-have-geothermal-activity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/165777/even-eris-and-makemake-could-have-geothermal-activity/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DwarfPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfPlanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geothermal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pluto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pluto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Makemake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Makemake</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#methane</a>

Daniel Pomarède🚨 News from the Kuiper BeltSwRI scientists find evidence of geothermal processes producing methane from within icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake➡️ press release <a href="https://swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets</a>➡️ Icarus paper <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115999" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115999</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakeMake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MakeMake</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dwarfplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dwarfplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KuiperBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KuiperBelt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KBO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KuiperBeltObjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KuiperBeltObjects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TNO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransNeptunianObjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransNeptunianObjects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/icyworlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#icyworlds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#methane</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volatiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#volatiles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/molecules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#molecules</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geochemistry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cosmochemistry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planetary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JWST</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarSystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SwRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SwRI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IcarusJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IcarusJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrodon</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social"The planet in question is called Quaoar and it's the seventh largest of the known <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DwarfPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DwarfPlanets</a> of which <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Pluto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pluto</a> is the king. Discovered in 2002 and about 697 miles wide (1,121 kilometers), Quaoar is one of the so-called trans-Neptunian objects, small planets orbiting beyond the solar system's outermost planet <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Neptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neptune</a>." A mysterious ring surrounding mini-planet <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Quaoar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quaoar</a> puzzles astronomers | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/RocheLimit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RocheLimit</a> <a href="https://www.space.com/mysterious-ring-around-dwarf-planet-puzzles-astronomers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.space.com/mysterious-ring-around-dwarf-planet-puzzles-astronomers</a>

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