This paper describes the discovery of the dwarf planet Ixion in 2001. Ixion is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was discovered by astronomers at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
This paper describes the discovery of the dwarf planet Ixion in 2001. Ixion is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was discovered by astronomers at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.