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Astronomers spot 2026 ED138, a giant icy world that could become the sixth dwarf planet

Matthew Holman and Mario Jurić’s team found 2026 ED138 with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope. At roughly 1,000 km across, it is the largest trans-Neptunian object discovered in about 20 years and ranks among the biggest dwarf-planet candidates beyond Neptune. IAU confirmation