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A New Dwarf Planet?

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Date: 2014-03-27 12:45:46
Blog: Geology.com News
URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/H8qL3hkoJK4/a-new-dwarf-planet.shtml

Summary:

“Scientists using ground based observatories have discovered an object that is believed to have the most distant orbit found beyond the known edge of our solar system. Named 2012 VP113, the object is possibly a dwarf planet. [...] A dwarf planet is an object in orbit around the sun that is large enough to have […]

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Asteroids and Meteorites, distant orbit, dwarf planet, ground based observatories, known edge, New Dwarf Planet, object, Scientists, sun, VP113

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