{"id":7158,"date":"2014-03-31T06:27:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T06:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2014-03-31T06:27:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T06:27:18","slug":"new-dwarf-planet-visitor-from-the-oort-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7158","title":{"rendered":"New dwarf planet visitor from the Oort Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ira Flatow interviews astronomer Chad Trujillo about a new dwarf planet that he and his team discovered in the outer reaches of our solar system:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/segment\/03\/28\/2014\/dwarf-planet-found-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system.html\" target=\"_d\">Dwarf Planet Found at the Edge of the Solar System &#8211; Science Friday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about the discovery:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v507\/n7493\/full\/nature13156.html\" target=\"_d\">A Sedna-like body with a perihelion of 80 astronomical units &#8211; Nature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2014\/03\/26\/oort_cloud_revealed_2012_vp113_has_largest_perihelion_distance_known.html\" target=\"_d\">Oort cloud revealed: 2012 VP113 has largest perihelion distance known &#8211; Slate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2014\/03261345-a-second-sedna-what-does-it-mean.html\" target=\"_d\">A second Sedna! What does it mean? &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/charts\/orbits-of-pluto-eris-sednas.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"The orbits of Pluto, Eris, Sedna, and 2012 VP113\" src=\"http:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/images\/charts-diagrams\/20140326_sedna_orbits2_f537.png\" width=\"483\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/Unmannedspaceflight.com\" target=\"_blank\">Unmannedspaceflight.com<\/a> user Lucas, v<em>ia\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2014\/03261345-a-second-sedna-what-does-it-mean.html\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a><\/em><\/em><br \/>\n<em>This diagram shows the relative sizes of the<br \/>\norbits of Pluto and the dwarf planets<br \/>\nEris, Sedna, and 2012 VP113<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ira Flatow interviews astronomer Chad Trujillo about a new dwarf planet that he and his team discovered in the outer reaches of our solar system:\u00a0Dwarf Planet Found at the Edge of the Solar System &#8211; Science Friday More about the discovery: A Sedna-like body with a perihelion of 80 astronomical units &#8211; Nature Oort cloud &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7158\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New dwarf planet visitor from the Oort Cloud<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Rs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12086,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12086","url_meta":{"origin":7158,"position":0},"title":"Caltech researchers see signs of a new large planet with 20,000 year orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The big space news of the day is the possibility of a big new planet in our solar system: Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. 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