Astronomers May Have Found Tenth Solar Planet

Astronomers in the United States may have discovered the tenth planet in our Solar System, reports say.

A previously unnoticed object larger than the planet Pluto has been discovered orbiting our Sun at a 45-degree angle relative to the mean orbital plane of the known planets, according to the astronomers.

Because their orbits overlap, Pluto and Neptune trade places with each other as the Solar System's outermost known planet. If the discovery is confirmed, the new planet would be further out from the Sun than either of them.

(Previous reports said that a new object had been detected in the Solar System that was smaller than Pluto. This may be a different object. (Source: Space.com))

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