Just on the outskirts of our solar system exists the dwarf planet Quaoar, and recent observations of the planet found a dense ring around it, but scientists can't figure how – or why – it's there.

Quaoar is part of a collection of about 3,000 dwarf planets known as trans-Neptunian objects, which are beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune. Latest U.S.

Distant dwarf planet Quaoar shouldn’t have a ring, but it does. Something put a ring around a tiny world orbiting beyond Neptune. By Jon Kelvey. Published Feb 9, 2023 5:00 PM EST.

The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide, it’s about the seventh largest, with Pluto and Eris ranking ...

The small, icy world was named for the creator god of the Tongva, an indigenous people from Southern California, where the dwarf planet was discovered. Quaoar is approximately 1,100 kilometers in ...

A dwarf planet called 50000 Quaoar that orbits beyond Neptune appears to have a ring that shouldn't be there, at 7.4 times more distant than the planet's radius.

Why It Matters. Scientists still do not fully understand how dust and gas in the early solar system coalesced into moons and planets. Like the first ring around Quaoar, announced by a team of ...

The planet in question is called Quaoar and it's the seventh largest of the known dwarf planets of which Pluto is the king. Discovered in 2002 and about 697 miles wide (1,121 kilometers), Quaoar ...

The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide, it’s about the seventh largest, ...

The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide, it’s about the seventh largest, with Pluto and Eris ranking ...