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The Skeptics Guide #918 - Feb 11 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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A Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper Belt

A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt has a ring around it. It's farther away from the sun than the Roche limit, which is where moons break up into rings and coalesce to become moon. The probability that we're seeing this brief window of a ring? Highly improbable. But it could still be happening.

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