Scientists in the US say they have found the nine planets of the solar system – BBC Russian

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Image caption According to the scientists, to see a new planet in a telescope is not yet possible

Scientists at Caltech, Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin resulted in proving the existence of giant planets in our solar system, the mass of which is about 10 times the mass of Earth.

As stated in the article, scientists in the publication Astronomical Journal, the planet is about 20 times farther from Earth than Neptune, and it managed to find in the study of the motion of small celestial bodies in outer space.

As noted Michael Brown, who was quoted by the journal Science, in the existence of “Planet X”, few people believe, do not see it in the telescope, but a modern optics that can not allow.

“While this is only a hypothesis, but potentially very strong hypothesis “- he said.

Previously, the most distant planet of the Solar System was considered Pluto, but in 2006, at the Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, it was decided to deprive Pluto from planet status and give it a definition of” dwarf planet “.