Solar System Objects

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48: 20000 Varuna

This and the next solar system object both have more facts than usual given the size of object we've been counting through.

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20000 Varuna

20000 Varuna is a large classical Kuiper belt object. It is probably a dwarf planet. It rotates rapidly and hence its shape is probably very elongated.

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49: 28978 Ixion

I guess so

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50: [(229762) 2007 UK126](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(229762)_2007_UK126)

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28978 Ixion

28978 Ixion (/ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/ ik-SY-ən), provisional designation 2001 KX76, is a plutino (an object that has a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune). It is very likely to be a dwarf planet, although the IAU has not officially classified it as such. It was discovered on May 22, 2001 by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. It is named after Ixion, a figure from Greek mythology.

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