There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be fair—but one of the largest yet discovered and with an orbit around the Sun that ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center officially ... the hypothesis that there's a "Planet X" or "Planet Nine" beyond Pluto, with gravity affecting dwarf planets and other ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region thought to be largely devoid of objects ...

Scientists have identified a new minor planet beyond Pluto, enhancing our knowledge of the solar system's outer boundaries. The celestial body, designated as 2017 OF201, ranks among the largest ...

Astronomers have identified a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, located far beyond Pluto. Its enormous size ... Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. Most fascinating about the object ...

For comparison, Pluto makes a lap around the sun every 248 Earth-years. The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center ... of far-flung objects beyond Neptune.

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...

In 1846, Neptune, the fourth of the giant planets beyond the asteroid ... are sometimes called "minor planets." While some people mourned the passing of Pluto from mainstream planet to this ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond Neptune, it orbits the sun every 25,000 years.