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Like the first ring around Quaoar, announced by a team of astronomers in February, the second ring lies beyond what is known as the Roche limit.
The second ring, at a distance of 1,500 miles from the center of Quaoar, is closer than the ring announced in February, which has a radius of about 2,500 miles.
Another occultation occurred on Aug. 9 last year, and astronomers again pointed telescopes, large and small, at Quaoar in hopes of learning more about the ring.
The new observations revealed more details including a dense, narrow core in the ring just a few miles wide, which is surrounded by an envelope of material that is more dispersed.
A potential explanation for Quaoar's distant rings is the presence of a moon, Weywot.
The moon may have created gravitational disturbances that prevented the ring's particles from accreting into additional moons.
Both rings occur in locations near what are known as resonances with Weywot, and the resonances may turn out to be more important than the Roche limit for determining whether rings turn into moons or remain as rings.
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Earlier this year, astronomers announced that a small world beyond Neptune with a diameter about one-third that of Earth’s moon possessed a Saturn-like ring that should not be there. Recently, after further observation, it has been discovered that Quaoar has two such rings. Scientists are still trying to understand how dust and gas in the early solar system coalesced into moons and planets. Quaoar is located in the Kuiper belt, a region of frozen debris beyond Neptune that includes Pluto, and the rings were found through stellar occultations. The first ring is at a distance of 2,500 miles and the second is at 1,500 miles. There is a potential explanation that the presence of a moon, Weywot, has caused gravitational disturbances that stopped the particles from accreting into additional moons.
The rings are not visible in telescope images, but astronomers were able to observe the shadow of the eclipses when distant stars passed behind Quaoar. Another occultation will occur on May 13, visible to telescopes in the US and Canada, which will help to constrain the Quaoar shape better and obtain more details about the two rings.
The discovery of the two rings around Quaoar has been a surprise to astronomers and has led to further research into how these rings were formed and how they remain in place. Additionally, it could offer insight into how dust and gas coalesced into planets and moons in the early solar system. Researchers hope that the upcoming occultation on May 13 will provide more answers.
It would be an interesting project to see if it works.
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Like the first ring around Quaoar, announced by a team of astronomers in February, the second ring lies beyond what is known as the Roche limit.
The second ring, at a distance of 1,500 miles from the center of Quaoar, is closer than the ring announced in February, which has a radius of about 2,500 miles.
Another occultation occurred on Aug. 9 last year, and astronomers again pointed telescopes, large and small, at Quaoar in hopes of learning more about the ring.
The new observations revealed more details including a dense, narrow core in the ring just a few miles wide, which is surrounded by an envelope of material that is more dispersed.
A potential explanation for Quaoar's distant rings is the presence of a moon, Weywot.
The moon may have created gravitational disturbances that prevented the ring's particles from accreting into additional moons.
Both rings occur in locations near what are known as resonances with Weywot, and the resonances may turn out to be more important than the Roche limit for determining whether rings turn into moons or remain as rings.
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Earlier this year, astronomers announced that a small world beyond Neptune with a diameter about one-third that of Earth’s moon possessed a Saturn-like ring that should not be there. Recently, after further observation, it has been discovered that Quaoar has two such rings. Scientists are still trying to understand how dust and gas in the early solar system coalesced into moons and planets. Quaoar is located in the Kuiper belt, a region of frozen debris beyond Neptune that includes Pluto, and the rings were found through stellar occultations. The first ring is at a distance of 2,500 miles and the second is at 1,500 miles. There is a potential explanation that the presence of a moon, Weywot, has caused gravitational disturbances that stopped the particles from accreting into additional moons.
The rings are not visible in telescope images, but astronomers were able to observe the shadow of the eclipses when distant stars passed behind Quaoar. Another occultation will occur on May 13, visible to telescopes in the US and Canada, which will help to constrain the Quaoar shape better and obtain more details about the two rings.
The discovery of the two rings around Quaoar has been a surprise to astronomers and has led to further research into how these rings were formed and how they remain in place. Additionally, it could offer insight into how dust and gas coalesced into planets and moons in the early solar system. Researchers hope that the upcoming occultation on May 13 will provide more answers.