Caltech astronomer finds solar system's 10th planet - Yahoo! News
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California astronomer has discovered what he believes is the 10th planet in our solar system, a group of NASA-funded researchers said on Friday.
The new planet, known as 2003UB313, has been identified as the most distant object ever detected orbiting the sun, California Institute of Technology astronomer Michael Brown said.
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The planet is located about 9.7 billion miles (14.5 billion km) from the sun and is about 1 1/2 times the size of Pluto, the researchers said.
The new planet orbits the sun once every 560 years and is now at its farthest point from Earth, he said. In about 280 years, the planet will be as close as Neptune, he said.
Like Pluto, the object's surface is believed to be predominantly methane, but its size -- about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) in diameter -- qualifies it as a planet, Brown said. Earth is about 7,900 miles (12,700 km) in diameter.
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Don't these people watch TV, Movies or read science fiction?
It's the MOTHERSHIP! DUGH!
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(Via Los Angeles Metroblog - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars... 2003UB313
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