Tag: Solar System

  • We Have Another Dwarf Planet

    We Have Another Dwarf Planet

    Dwarf Planet 2012VP113 Astronomers have found another dwarf planet in the Solar System. This is a dwarf planet and it doesn’t have a real name yet. It just has a number ‘2012 VP113’ as do so many dwarf planets in the region of space occupied by Pluto. It doesn’t seem long ago that there was just…

  • Dwarf Planets In The Solar System

    Dwarf Planets In The Solar System

    There is a new class of objects in the Solar System – Dwarf Planets – which now includes Pluto. See the poster below from SPACE.COM. Since this poster was produced there has been an addition – Sedna. Take a look at Kuiper and Oort Objects. Reference Source Space.com: All about our solar system, outer space…