Not exact matches
The
object, known as SDSS J0104 +1535, is a member of the so - called halo — the
outermost reaches — of our Galaxy, made up of the most ancient stars.
Until now, Pluto, the
outermost planet, was the only
object in this region known to have a satellite.
As scientists report online today in Nature, the new
object is the first ever found whose orbit (red curve) resembles that of Sedna (orange curve), a far - off body that never gets close to Neptune's path (
outermost magenta circle).
The
object, known as SDSS J0104 +1535, is a member of the so - called halo — the
outermost reaches - of our Galaxy, made up of the most ancient stars.
«The chameleon field is light in empty space but as soon as it enters an
object it becomes very heavy and so couples only to the
outermost layer of a big
object, and not to the internal parts,» Holger Muller, an assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, said in a statement Thursday.
The
object, referred to as SDSS J0104 +1535, is located in the
outermost regions of our Galaxy, which is comprised of the oldest stars.
NASA officially acknowledged the possibility of Planet X, with the announcement that «some kind of mystery
object is really there — far beyond the
outermost planets».