New Dwarf Planet Found at Solar System's Edge, Hints at Possible Faraway 'Planet

[Mike]

New Dwarf Planet Found at Solar System's Edge, Hints at Possible Faraway 'Planet X'

NASA Supported Research Helps Redefine Solar System's Edge

[MarkH]

Interesting point about perterbation is that one of these undiscovered outer objects could have a period that could influence some of our stray asteroids.

[Rick]

Eccentric PINK DWARF dubbed 'Biden' by cheeky astronomers

A new dwarf planet has been discovered in the Inner Oort cloud that encircles our Solar System some 12 billion miles from Sol.

The planet is a frozen shrimp of a thing – an estimated 450 kilometres across with a surface temperature of -432 degrees Fahrenheit and is presumed to be largely made up of ice that gives it a reddish hue. It's officially called 2012 VP113, which the discovering team shortened to VP, and then eventually Biden to honour the current US vice president.

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[Rick]

...and an earlier report in similar vein...

X marks the... They SAID there was a mystery planet there – NASA

Boffins have long hypothesised the existence of a large, but thus far unseen, celestial body in our Solar System, somewhere beyond the orbit of Pluto, but NASA's WISE survey has found no sign of the mysterious "Planet X".

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[Rick]

...and an APOD.