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Astronomers discover new dwarf planet and possible super-Earth in our Solar System
2014-03-27 15:44:00| Extremetech
For the longest time, the Solar System was known to have nine planets. Eventually, Pluto got downgraded to a dwarf planet due to the discovery of various other celestial bodies found in the Solar System that were of similar size. Now, astronomers discovered a dwarf planet -- dubbed 2012 VP113 and just 279.6 miles wide -- orbiting the Sun. However, astronomers noticed that something seems out-of-place regarding its orbit, and speculate that the incongruence could originate from a massive body influencing VP113's orbit -- a super-Earth.
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