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New ring discovered around small, icy world in our solar system

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5 min read . Updated: 09 Feb 2023, 06:21 PM IST Aylin Woodward, The Wall Street Journal

An illustration showing the frigid distant world Quaoar, orbiting in our solar system beyond Pluto, surrounded by its newly discovered ring, along with its moon Weywot. ESA (Photo: Reuters) — An illustration showing the frigid distant world Quaoar, orbiting in our solar system beyond Pluto, surrounded by its newly discovered ring, along with its moon Weywot. ESA (Photo: Reuters)

The ring encircling a Pluto-like object named Quaoar is unusually far from its parent body

Billions of miles away, in a distant part of our solar system, astronomers have found a new ring orbiting a small, icy world.

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