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“Dwarf” planet at the edge of the solar system, US researchers claim to have discovered

The object, named 2017 OF201, has a diameter of about 700 kilometers, according to a preliminary study - It is three times as far from Earth as Neptune

New planet ring system discovered in our Solar System that shouldn’t be there

Therefore the discovery has forced a rethink on theories of ring formation

Huge asteroid in solar system could be upgraded to a dwarf planet

Along with Ceres and Pluto, there are three other known dwarf planets in the solar system – Haumea, Makemake and Eris