What are the 3 new planets added to our solar system?
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There have been no planets added to the current list of nine in our solar system. There have been several planets found around a number of nearby stars but those are not associated with our solar system. To get a list of those go to exoplanets.org.
There have been a number of recent discoveries of object near or at the edge of our solar system. These can have any number of names such as trans-Neptunian object, Kuiper Belt object, inner Oort cloud member, among others. These are not planets. They simply do not fit the criteria necessary to be called a planet but more importantly they have not been designated that title by the official naming authority for professional astronomy, the IAU.
These objects resemble Pluto in some aspects but we actually know very little about them because they are so distant and small. Among the more notable of these discoveries are Sedna, Xena and Quaoar. They are small icy, rocky bodies that are believed to have changed very little since they formation 4.5 billion years ago whenthe solar system formed.
added planets ?
sorry but Planet X (and others) have been there all along...
but considering the size, not really a planet...
consider Pluto, It's hardly bigger than Earth's Moon
and it's Moon Charon doesn't really orbit around it, they swing around each other like a cheerleader twirling a batton...
Officially, no new planets have been recognized in our solar system sine the 1930 discovery of Pluto.
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