20000 Varuna
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20000 Varuna is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in November 2000 by American astronomer Robert McMillan during a Spacewatch survey at the Kitt Peak National Observ
Varuna was discovered with the Spacewatch 0.9-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.
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A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance like the eight class
20000 Varuna
…2019 suggests the presence of a possible satellite orbiting closely around Varuna. Assumptions that the body is in hydrostatic equilibrium (and thus a dwarf planet) result in a calculated density so low that it is likely not a dwarf planet anyway. Varuna was discovered by American astronomer Robert McMillan using…
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