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  • Astronomers spot a tiny dwarf planet beyond Pluto

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    10.13.2016

    Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea have another possible candidate to consider for their dwarf planet squad. A team of researchers have discovered the new, tiny candidate deep within the Kuiper belt, 8.5 billion miles from the sun. It's officially called the 2014 UZ224, because they first spotted it in 2014 -- the reason we're only hearing about it now is because it took two years to confirm its existence.