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New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System - senona - 10-12-2016 An artist's concept of a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). A newly discovered object (2014 UZ224) located beyond Pluto's orbit may be large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet.
Aah yes, another discovery.... Quote:A new face has been added to the solar system's family portrait: Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet looping around the sun in the region beyond Pluto. Space.com Wow, a year there would be about 1,100 yrs. our time. Kinda hard to compute that. ha. (just teasing) Anyhow, the planet was discovered apparently by using an instrument called 'Dark Energy Camera'. Quote:David Gerdes, a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan, told NPR that the new dwarf planet was discovered using an instrument called the Dark Energy Camera (DECam). There was even a mention about PLANET 9: Quote:The region beyond Neptune's orbit is known as the Kuiper Belt, a disk that is believed to contain thousands of icy, rocky bodies. Beyond that is a region known as the Oort Cloud — a sphere of icy, rocky bodies that surrounds the rest of the solar system. Most comets originate in the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, but their wide orbits bring them close to the sun. Here's another thread on Planet 9, 'Scientists just found more evidence that Planet 9 exists' RE: New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System - guohua - 10-12-2016 Well, using the Dark Energy Camera or our Secret Space Fleet! RE: New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System - Mystic Wanderer - 10-12-2016 The way that thing has "wings" reminds me of how Planet X looks, but I won't go there. |