New dwarf planet discovered in the solar system!
Q. A new face has been added to the solar system with a dwarf planet looping around the sun called by which name?- Published on 17 Oct 16a. 2014 UZ224
b. 2015 TZ226
c. 2018 JZZ45
d. None of the above
ANSWER: 2014 UZ224
A new dwarf planet has been added to the family portrait of the solar system.
- Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet looping around the sun in the region beyond Pluto
- The dwarf planet known as 2014 UZ224 measures 330 miles across and is located above 8.5 billion miles from the sun
- It was found on Oct 11
- In comparison, Pluto’a largest moon Charon is around 750 miles or 1,200km in diameter and a maximum distance of 4.5 billion miles from the sun
- David Gerdes, a professor of astronomy at the Michigan University also revealed that the new dwarf planet was discovered through the DECam or Dark Energy Camera.
- The universe is not only expanding but accelerating in the expansion; dark energy is the name given to the mechanism powering the expansion
- DECam was created to study the movement of supernovas and galaxies as they move from earth
- The goal is to find out what dark energy is and where it comes from
- Dark Energy Survey was used to create a map of the universe relevant to the study of this form of energy
- The DES maps have already been used to study dark matter
- The dark energy constitutes 80% of the mass in the universe, but its exact nature is a mystery
- Scientists also aim to find previously unidentified objects
