A team of American scientists working at the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile discovered a possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto, Reuters reported. According to astronomers, the object orbits the Sun at a distance 46 times greater than that of the Earth. The celestial body was named 2026 ED138. Scientists plan to make a series of observations to confirm that this is a new dwarf planet and need to determine its approximate mass. The International Astronomical Union currently recognizes the existence of five objects of this class: Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makmeika.

A team of American scientists working at the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile discovered a possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto, Reuters reported. According to astronomers, the object orbits the Sun at a distance 46 times greater than that of the Earth. The celestial body was named 2026 ED138. Scientists plan to make a series of observations to confirm that this is a new dwarf planet and need to determine its approximate mass. The International Astronomical Union currently recognizes the existence of five objects of this class: Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makmeika.