New planet may have been discovered, researchers say
Story highlights Planet Nine has an orbit that's "about 20 times farther from the sun" than Neptune "We hope that other people are going to get inspired and start searching," researcher says CNN — You might have a replacement, Pluto. Nicknamed Planet Nine, it “has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun” than Neptune. That means “it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun,” according to Caltech. It’s a pretty substantial chunk of our solar system that’s still out there to be found, which is pretty exciting.” Space anomaly remains mystery, likely not caused by comets Already, Caltech is pretty confident Planet Nine is large enough to rule out any debate about whether it’s a true planet – unlike Pluto, which got the boot in 2006.
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