The dwarf planet has a belt that resembles Saturn in the solar system

Scientists discovered a belt around a dwarf planet outside of Neptune's orbit.

Jose Luis Ortiz, an astronomer at the Andalusia Institute of Astrophysics, Spain, and colleagues discovered a large belt around the Haumea dwarf planet outside of Neptune's orbit. Haumea spent about 284 years to make an orbit around the Sun, according to Science Alert. The results of the study are published in the October 11 issue of Nature.

Haumea dwarf planet has a belt around.(Photo: IAA-CSIC / UHU).

The perimeter usually appears around giant planets in the solar system including Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. In 2013, astronomers also identified two rings around the Chariklo asteroid, orbiting Jupiter and Neptune.

Scientists at 10 different laboratories observed the Haumea dwarf planet with 12 telescopes across Europe, as it moved in front of the star named URAT1 533–182543.

The results showed that Haumea's belt is about 70km wide and 2,287km radius. Small particles on the belt complete a rotation when the dwarf planet rotates three times around the axis. Haumea has an unusually long ellipsoid shape. Its size in three axes in space is 2,322km × 1,704km × 1,138km. The team found no signs of the atmosphere on Haumea.

"The discovery of a belt around the Haumea dwarf planet has a lot of significance. It shows that the perimeter may appear quite popular around celestial bodies outside of Neptune's orbit and at the same time. open up new research paths in the future, "the team said.