Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Discovery of new dwarf planet hints at other objects in solar system

The movements of a newly discovered dwarf planet beyond Pluto's orbit, dubbed 2012 VP113, suggest that a mysterious frontier of the solar system may include a planet much larger than Earth.



Planet-hunters scouring the heavens have found thousands of distant worlds around other stars, but astronomers may have overlooked one lurking much closer to home.



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/1jwxnXT

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