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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
The People Have Voted on 2007 OR10's Future Name!
Gonggong is the fan favorite name for this icy distant world, but the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature has the final say.
2007 OR10 Needs a Name!
It’s time to give 2007 OR10 a name. We’re asking for your help to pick a suitable name for the largest as-yet-unnamed solar system world to submit to the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Continuing the Hunt for Exoplanets
Meg Schwamb highlights some of the upcoming space-based missions that will search for planets beyond our solar system.
Observing at the WIYN
On May 5 and 6, I had a run on the WIYN (Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO) telescope, a 3.5 m telescope, the second largest telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona.
South of the Border
The last decade has seen an explosion in our understanding of the solar system with the discovery of the largest Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) of comparable size to Pluto.