She was hiding near the candidate dwarf planet.
a List of moons in the Solar system can be expanded with another object, says a group of European astronomers in an article published in the arXiv.
the Researchers studied TRANS-Neptunian object (84522) 2002 TC302, which is located in the scattered disk, the most remote region of the Solar system.
something a time object with a diameter of 584 km claimed the status of a dwarf planet. But further observations using telescopes in Italy, France, Slovenia and Switzerland have allowed to specify its size. Diameter from distant cosmic bodies was 84 km less.
Scientists have suggested that the extra miles assigned TRANS-Neptunian object by mistake, actually on the moon, distant from it only 2 thousand kilometers. Giant distance from Earth, the two objects were perceived as one.
If a potential dwarf planet really is a companion, it could help scientists learn more about the early Solar system. Because the Kuiper belt objects and scattered disk drive very little has changed since its formation and are a kind of “time capsule,” say the astronomers.
Anna Lysenko
