The weird ringed dwarf planet Quaoar may have an extra moon, astronomers discover

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Summary:
- Astronomers have discovered that the dwarf planet Quaoar, located in the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune, may have an additional small moon orbiting it.
- This discovery was made using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, which detected a faint object near Quaoar that appears to be a small satellite.
- The presence of this potential moon adds to the complexity of the Quaoar system and provides insights into the formation and evolution of dwarf planets in the outer solar system.

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