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New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ugh, didn't read the "dwarf" part and got my hopes up for planet 9. When they eventually do find it they have to name it something with P so that the old mnemonics still work.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard that the sign of a fair bargain is that everybody leaves unhappy. So how about we name it "Pluto?" That should annoy pretty much everyone.

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

"Plutwo"

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

“Planet 9” starts with “P”

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

This study authors btw say that their models for 2017 OF201's orbit work best without the influence of a hypothetical planet 9