Nasa Finds an Ice World That Is the 10th Planet ; Outer Limits: Sedna, the Largest Object Found Orbiting the Sun Since the Discovery of Pluto in 1930, Is a Full Three Billion Kilometres Beyond What Was Previously Considered the Edge of the Planetary Solar System

Evening Standard - London › March 17, 2004

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ASTRONOMERS believe they have found a new planet in the solar system.

Discovered more than 3 billion kilometres beyond the orbit of Pluto, the heavenly body has been called Sedna and is believed to be the 10th planet circling our sun.

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Nasa Finds an Ice World That Is the 10th Planet ; Outer Limits: Sedna, the Largest Object Found Orbiting the Sun Since the Discovery of Pluto in 1930, Is a Full Three Billion Kilometres Beyond What Was Previously Considered the Edge of the Planetary Solar System

After sightings by the Hubble Telescope and the recently- launched Spitzer Space Telescope, Nasa was due to...

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