Pluto Probe Spots Distant Dwarf Planet Quaoar (Photos)

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 14:51 in Astronomy & Space

New Horizons captured images of the mysterious, 690-mile-wide dwarf planet Quaoar at four different times on July 13 and July 14 — exactly one year after the probe's historic July 14, 2015, flyby of Pluto.

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