New snow white planet on the edge of our solar system

Originally posted by Beavers
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so how many planets and dwarf planets are there in total now? (myth aside!)

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I think its amazing that we've been looking at our solar system for such a long time but have only scratched the surface of its mysteries

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Thankyou!!

Amazing, i had no idea there are so many now

Amazing! The real question is what else is out there?

Some of you are putting down the opening post because of a 'brown dwarf' comment. Do you have proof that this white planet is not orbiting a brown dwarf?

It seems like every week, we hear about something new being discovered in space.

Some of you are putting down the opening post because of a 'brown dwarf' comment. Do you have proof that this white planet is not orbiting a brown dwarf?

Think about what you are saying here. A brown dwarf would be thousands of times larger, brighter, and more massive than this relatively small object. It would be visible to the naked eye, and causing gravitational havoc in the Kuiper Belt.

Trust me. This object is orbiting the Sun, and there is no brown dwarf anywhere near the planetary region of the Solar System.

Originally posted by ScubaGirl
Amazing! The real question is what else is out there?

Some of you are putting down the opening post because of a 'brown dwarf' comment. Do you have proof that this white planet is not orbiting a brown dwarf?

It's orbiting our Sun. Our sun is not a brown dwarf. QED

You know true Brown dwarfs resent that moniker, they prefer to be known as 'Ethnic diverse mass abridged stars', or simply, Edmas.





Now if they can only field a contending football team, the cosmos is truly filled with wonders.

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May be its orbiting a brown dwarf that we couldn't detect. They could discover more when they start to see these bodies approach much closer.

Originally posted by ShadesofGrey78
It seems like every week, we hear about something new being discovered in space.

edit on 26-8-2011 by ShadesofGrey78 because: (no reason given)

Yes. Space news is getting more mainstream at least of late. Looks like they finally want to educate the masses with some sensible news.