This planet is supposed to beyond Pluto. Is it smaller or bigger and how far is it from the sun?
2006-06-27 09:58:12 · 9 answers · asked by wondering 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is a theoretical planet. There have been numerous reports of finding it. It is most likely the same kind of thing as Pluto, which is an asteroid that gets lightly caught in the suns gravity. They are actually starting to think there are a lot of little asteroids that are "mini-planets" like that out past Pluto.
2006-06-27 10:02:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they have found a bigger planet than pluto. the thing is the debate over what the real definition of a planet is is still going on. and sometime in september the IAU is meeting to define the term planet.
2006-06-27 10:10:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the name planet x was first invented to name an unknown planet farther from the sun than saturn because astronomers noticed unexplained deviations in saturn's orbit. later, uranus was found. astronomers noticed unexplained deviations in uranus's orbit, and planet x was again used to name an unknown planet farther from the sun than uranus. later, neptune was found. astronomers believed they again noticed unexplained deviations in nepune's orbit, and again named an unknown planet farther from the sun than neptune planet x, but none was found. today, astronomers do not see any unexplained deviations in neptune's orbit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_X
astronomers are now trying to define the word planet, but it isn't easy. many astronomers favor the reclassification of the bodies in the solar system in to three groups, the rocky terrestrials, the gas giants, and the ice dwarfs. there are hundreds of known ice dwarfs including pluto, quaoar, sedna, 2003 EL61, and 2003 UB313 (the official name of xena). this is also called the kuiper belt. pluto was the first kuiper belt object discovered, but 2003 UB313 is about five percent bigger than pluto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
2006-06-27 10:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a belt called the Kuiper Belt out past Pluto. They've found a planet there, but it's not a big one.
2006-06-27 10:04:12 · answer #4 · answered by trancevanbuuren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. People made it up. But the NASA might name the tenth planet Planet X. Or name it another name.
2006-06-27 15:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The peculiar orbit of Pluto seems to suggest this.
2006-06-27 13:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by prune 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
evidence suggests there is, I think it is a bit smaller than pluto but I don't know how far
2006-06-27 11:19:40 · answer #7 · answered by Sammy Hagar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is dead..lol.. between mars and saturn there is asteroid belt maybe it was a collision of two planets maybe even moon and planet.
2006-07-02 05:02:55 · answer #8 · answered by grayrussiaboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
2006-06-27 11:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋