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Astronomers Discover a Giant New Dwarf Planet Candidate Hiding Beyond Pluto
(
www.sciencealert.com
)
8 points
by
AliCollins
3 hours ago
3 comments
linksnapzz
an hour ago
A giant "dwarf" planet? So...just a regular-sized planet, then?
alexwy
41 minutes ago
With their current use of terminology a regular-sized planet would be a small medium at large.
vld_chk
an hour ago
So, this is a final resolution to the Planet X mystery? The one which Batygin predicts?
dysfunction
9 minutes ago
Doubt it, it's too small (even the upper end of the estimated size range has it smaller than Pluto). Batygin and Brown's predicted planet would have to be bigger than Earth.
gnabgib
3 hours ago
From Rubin Observatory - the discoverers (34 points)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50266046