sâmbătă, 26 februarie 2011

Spanish Astronomers Claim Dwarf Sun Beyond Pluto










- Scientists have deflected inquiries about the discovery of new planet for a few years now, mainly because they feared being associated with these “fringe” theories. But, according to a team of Spanish astronomers who call themselvesStarViewer Team they found a brown dwarf star with large satellites encircling it. It’s twice the size of Jupiter
The group made the rounds of all the news web sites in the past two weeks, claiming they discovered something very significant. It’s almost twice the size of Jupiter and just beyond our furthest planetoid, Pluto. Although it’s not a planet, it appears to have planets or large satellites encircling it. It’s what astronomers call a “brown dwarf star” and its official name is “G1.9″. Full story: