Mors-Somnus: the first binary TNO resolved by the James Webb Space Telescope in the DiSCo-TNOs project
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are leftovers of planetary formation that orbit in the region beyond Neptune. Trans-Neptunian binaries (TNBs) provide a valuable opportunity to test the models of formation and evolution of planetesimals in the trans-Neptunian region. Some theories have been proposed to describe the observed separations between binary
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