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"Frozen pink dwarf planet 'Biden' spotted beyond Pluto"
So Planet Biden is a little Pink, cold, faint planet? (keep reading)"Peering into the far reaches of the solar system, astronomers have spied a pink frozen world 7½ billion miles from the sun.
It's the second such object to be discovered in a region of space beyond Pluto long considered a celestial wasteland. Until now, the lone known resident in this part of the solar system was an oddball dwarf planet
spotted in 2003 named Sedna after the mythological Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic.
For years, astronomers hunted in vain for other Sednas in the little-studied fringes of the solar system.
The new object, 2012 VP113, was tracked using a new camera on a ground telescope in Chile....
Like Sedna, VP is also a dwarf planet. It's jokingly nicknamed "Biden" after Vice President Joe
From the "Really" File |
Unlike red and shiny Sedna, the newfound object is more pink and much fainter, which made it hard to detect.
"These objects are not unique. There's a huge number out there," Sheppard said." SanJoseMercuryNews
Planet 'Biden'?