10th Planet, UB313, Bigger Than Pluto
From CNN.com:
Related: How Many Planets Are Really in Our Solar System? More on UB313, the Kuiper belt, and what makes a planet a planet.
German astrophysicists have concluded a space body located in the outer reaches of the solar system is 435 miles (700 kilometers) larger than Pluto, the smallest planet.
Their research puts more pressure on the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to classify the object as the 10th planet in our solar system.
Related: How Many Planets Are Really in Our Solar System? More on UB313, the Kuiper belt, and what makes a planet a planet.
posted by Tinley | 11:52 AM
1 Comments:
were they not trying to get rid of pluto as being a planet. is this it's replacement?
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