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- -09-10-05 New Planet Discovered (ScienceDaily.com)
"A team of researchers from the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, the California Institute of Technology, and Yale University have discovered a new planet."
"Officially designated 2003 UB313, scientists said the planet is located in the outer area of the solar system is intrinsically brighter than Pluto and three times further away."
"Astronomers said assuming the reflectivity of the surface is the same as Pluto's, it is the largest object detected in the solar system since the discovery of Neptune and its moon Triton in 1846." 9-05
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