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Trans-Neptunian study suggests Solar System contains more planets

16th January 2015 by KLADAS

Astronomers have spent decades debating whether some dark trans-Plutonian planet remains to be discovered within the Solar System. According to the calculations of scientists at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) and the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) not only one, but at least two planets must exist to explain the orbital behaviour of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNO).

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