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Discovery of the Dwarf Planet Varuna (2000)

This description is about the discovery of the dwarf planet Varuna in 2000. Varuna was discovered by the team of astronomers at the Palomar Observatory in California. The discovery was made using the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope, which was equipped with a CCD camera. The team

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20000 Varuna (provisional designation 2000 WR106) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in November 2000 by American astronomer Robert McMillan during a Spacewatch survey at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. It is named after the Hindu deity Varuna, one of the oldest deities mentioned in the Vedic texts.

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