Astronomers find ring system around dwarf planet Haumea - TomoNews

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THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM — Scientists in Granada, Spain have discovered a ring system around the dwarf planet Haumea. Named after that Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, Haumea is orbited by two moons and, according to a new Nature study, a giant ring system. The only other celestial bodies observed to present a ring system Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. Details of the finding were published in the journal Nature.

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