A planet more, a planet less?

Scott S. Sheppard ()
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Scott S. Sheppard: Carnegie Institution of Washington

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7076, 541-542

Abstract: Further observations of an object dubbed 2003 UB313, which lies beyond Neptune, show that its diameter is around 3,100 kilometres. This makes it larger than Pluto, the smallest ‘traditional’ Solar System planet.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1038/439541a

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