Posted AT 10:44 AM EST on 30/07/05
How many planets are in the solar system?
Los Angeles — It's icy, rocky and bigger than Pluto. And according to scientists who found it orbiting the sun, it's the newest planet on our solar system's block.
The planet — the farthest-known object in the solar system — is currently 9 billion miles away from the sun, or about three times Pluto's current distance from the sun.
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