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Two previously unknown planets may exist in our solar system

Rubin Farr

By Rubin Farr
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ambermonk Grand Master

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I'm still in doubt over the International Astronomical Union's decision to strip Pluto of planethood back in 2006. So if it's a dwarf planet, it's still a planet, right?

But we still don't know for sure if we have two more. Using the term "extreme trans-Neptunian object" is not unlike calling unknown things in the sky UFOs.

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azatoth Grand Master

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Peculiar that we can get such a highly detailed image of Andromeda, but can't see another two planets in our own solar system.

 

 

http://youtu.be/c8N8Nj4pFCQ

 

I think it's because galaxies (and the stars they are made of) are much bigger and brighter than some rocks on the far edge of the solar system.

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Braintree Grand Master

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Peculiar that we can get such a highly detailed image of Andromeda, but can't see another two planets in our own solar system.

 

 

http://youtu.be/c8N8Nj4pFCQ

 

I think it's because galaxies (and the stars they are made of) are much bigger and brighter than some rocks on the far edge of the solar system.

 

 

Yeah, I get it, but it's akin to being able to see a party happening downtown but can't see your own back yard.

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