Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)
A newly discovered object (2014UZ224) behind pluto may be large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet
A newly discovered object (2014UZ224) behind pluto may be large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet
A new dwarf planet looping around the Sun has been discovered behind Pluto. The dwarf planet tagged 2014UZ224 measure about 330miles (540 kilometres) across and his located about 8.5 billion miles (13.7 billion kilometers) from the Sun.
The time it takes this dwarf planet to orbit the Sun is 1,100 Earth years, that is, a year on the this dwarf planet is a Millennia and a century on earth. This is dwarf planet was confirmed by the Minor Planet Centeri
A Professor of Astronomy at the university of Michigan, told NPR that the new dwarf planet was discovered using an instrument called the Dark Energy Camera (DeCam). The DeCam was built to observe the movement of galaxies and Supernovas (exploding Stars) as they move away from earth.
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