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Ring system discovered around dwarf planet Quaoar leaves astronomers puzzled

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"Astronomers are now puzzled at how such a ring system can survive so far from its parent planet."

At this point, how do we know that it does survive for an appreciable length of time? Maybe it has only been around for a few decades, and will be gone in a few decades more.

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