Scientists Discover Potential Dwarf Planet, Dubbed 'Extreme Cousin' of Pluto

News to Know for May 27

Good morning from the ABC Action News team.Are you feeling rested after the three-day weekend? While most were off from work and school yesterday, scientists were making a big announcement: they've discovered a potential dwarf planet. The Institute for Advanced Studys School of Natural Sciences has nicknamed the newly discovered object an "extreme cousin" of Pluto. Scientists say it's only detectable at certain times, as it has an incredibly ecc…

Scientists discover potential dwarf planet, dubbed 'extreme cousin' of Pluto

Scientists with the Institute for Advanced Studys School of Natural Sciences say they have found a possible dwarf planet that they have dubbed an "extreme cousin" of Pluto.They say that the possible dwarf planet is only detectable at certain times as it has an incredibly eccentric orbit around the Sun.They say the orbit of the possible dwarf planet named 2017 OF201 takes 25,000 years to complete one trek around the Sun. Its exact size has yet to…

The orbit of dwarf planet 2017OF201 is unusual.

Astronomers think they've discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system

The revelation means that the 'empty' space beyond Neptune may not be as empty as astronomers had thought.

A new dwarf planet discovered in our Solar System Defined as a planetary system that is organized around a star, a stellar system is composed of several celestial objects, such as planets, dwarf planets or meteorites. Ours, does not derogate from the rule. It is around the Sun and is composed of eight planets, including the Earth, meteorites and dwarf planets like Ceres or Pluto. Concerning the latter category, scientists recently discovered evi…

The orbit of 2017 OF201 is so extreme that we could not discover the celestial body in 99 percent of its orbit. It may not be an isolated case.