Scientists specify size of ‘10th planet’

An object discovered earlier this year and considered by some to be our solar system’s 10th planet is indeed larger than Pluto, a new study confirms.

The object, cataloged as 2003 UB313, is by many accounts a planet. It is round and orbits the sun.

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