
Astronomy
The Kuiper Belt’s dwarf planet Quaoar hosts an impossible ring
Quaoar’s ring lies outside the Roche limit, an imaginary line beyond which rings aren’t thought to be stable.
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Quaoar’s ring lies outside the Roche limit, an imaginary line beyond which rings aren’t thought to be stable.
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