Scientists Found a Possible New Dwarf Planet — It Could Spell Bad News for Planet 9 Fans

Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans

A newly found object could be a dwarf planet that contradicts the Planet Nine hypothesis.

Beyond Neptune's orbit, billions of miles from Earth, a team of researchers from the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, New Jersey, has just announced the possible discovery of a new dwarf planet. Classified as 2017 OF201, if the finding is confirmed it would be bad news for planet 9 , the hypothetical and gigantic world that many astronomers have been searching for years in the outer reaches of the Solar System. The study, not yet publ…

A dwarf planet candidate, designated 2017 OF201, has been spotted for the first time by an international team of scientists using archival data from an observatory in Chile. The newly discovered body is located on the edge of the Solar System and has a unique orbit. The discovery could help uncover hundreds of other hidden dwarf planets, while also casting doubt on the existence of the fabled Planet Nine.