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Another "new" planet discovered
10-03-2018, 08:31 AM
And it has a big orbit. See that ring around the big body at the far-right end of this image? That's the Kuiper Belt.
Image source, and details about the discovery.
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RE: Another "new" planet discovered
10-03-2018, 11:48 AM
And the really interesting thing about this tiny little thing is that it's another piece of evidence for the presence of a new "Planet Nine" out past the Kuiper Belt.
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RE: Another "new" planet discovered
10-03-2018, 01:28 PM
Lord John Whorfin: "Where are we going?"
Red Lectroids: "Planet Ten!"
Eric John Idle: "Actually it's Planet Nine sir, they'll be demoting Pluto in a few years."
Whorfin: "If it's years away it doesn't matter, because when will we get there?"
Lectroids: "Real soon!"
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