Journey to Dwarf Planet Candidate 2026 ED138 | Vera C. Rubin Observatory
This video shows the location of newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138). It was discovered in observational data from the National Science Foundation (NSF)–U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Vera C. Rubin Observatory spanning March 4–July 11, 2026.
ED138 was found by Rubin Operations team member and in-Kind contributor Matthew Holman (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian). He contributes to improving Rubin's algorithms that search for distant moving objects in our Solar System. Its distance from the Sun places it beyond the orbit of Pluto, and initial analysis indicates that it may be among the largest and brightest bodies scientists have discovered in this region of the Solar System.
Rubin Observatory is jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
All-sky photo of the night sky: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/E. Slawik/M. Zamani
Star map and constellations: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC. Constellation figures based on those developed for the IAU by Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott and Rick Fienberg).
Digitized Sky Survey: Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: Oct. 27, 2026
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