print print email email comment comment close window close

"10th Planet" Discovered
URL: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/29jul_planetx.htm

Description:
Article about the July 2005 discovery of "a new planet in the outer solar system. ... The planet, which hasn't been officially named yet ... [is located] more or less in the Kuiper Belt, a dark realm beyond Neptune where thousands of small icy bodies orbit the sun." Includes photos, an artist's concept of the planet, and audio of the story. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Publisher:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Extra Keywords
Science at NASA ultra-Neptunian xena gabrielle

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Planets
Solar system

LII Database Information:
Record 3713 created by Maria Brandt on 08/01/2005
Last modification on 10/09/2005
Published: 08/01/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3713