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2026 ED138 orbital arc (with annotations)
This image shows the orbital pathway of newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138), as observed by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This image is a composite of multiple images captured by Rubin between 4 March and 11 July 2026 at intervals indicated by the teal circles. ED138 is visible at the center of each circle. ED138 was found by Rubin Operations team member and in-Kind contributor Matthew…
- Credit
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Telescope
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory
- Release
- noirlab2626a
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 — credit required
- Published
- Source
- NOIRLab release page
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