Astronomers Discover a Giant New Dwarf Planet Candidate Hiding Beyond Pluto

9 pointsposted 6 hours ago
by AliCollins
(sciencealert.com)

7 Comments

vld_chk

4 hours ago

So, this is a final resolution to the Planet X mystery? The one which Batygin predicts?

dysfunction

4 hours ago

Doubt it, it's too small (even the upper end of the estimated size range has it smaller than Pluto). Batygin and Brown's predicted planet would have to be bigger than Earth.

linksnapzz

4 hours ago

A giant "dwarf" planet? So...just a regular-sized planet, then?

alexwy

4 hours ago

With their current use of terminology a regular-sized planet would be a small medium at large.

jkkola

3 hours ago

It's obviously Venti.

JoeAltmaier

3 hours ago

Now we can make movies about rogue planets menacing Earth, not just asteroids. Great.