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Trans-Neptunian Object Quaoar Has Two Moons, New Study Suggests


The newly-discovered moon has an estimated diameter of 38 km (23.6 miles) and a V magnitude of 28, likely making it the faintest satellite ever found around a trans-Neptunian object.

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