This artist's concept, released by NASA, shows the planet catalogued as 2003UB313 at the lonely outer fringes of our solar system. Our Sun can be seen in the distance. The new planet, which is yet to be formally named, is at least as large as Pluto and is about 9 billion miles, or three times Pluto's distance from the sun. It is very cold and dark. The planet was discovered by the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. (AP Photo/NASA, Caltech)
Friday, August 05, 2005
Scientists Claim Discovery of 10th Planet
This artist's concept, released by NASA, shows the planet catalogued as 2003UB313 at the lonely outer fringes of our solar system. Our Sun can be seen in the distance. The new planet, which is yet to be formally named, is at least as large as Pluto and is about 9 billion miles, or three times Pluto's distance from the sun. It is very cold and dark. The planet was discovered by the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. (AP Photo/NASA, Caltech)
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Sweet! Though for my first planetary excursion I'd still rather go see Saturn.
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