A planet more, a planet less?
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The number of objects detected in the Solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, so called trans-neptunian objects is rapidly increasing, mainly due to large, sensitive digital detector on telescopes and sophisticated software, running on high-speed computers, that could detect moving objects. Further observations of an object dubbed 2003 UB(sub 313) which lied beyond Neptune, show that its diameter is around 3,100 kilometers and this makes it larger than Pluto, the smallest traditional Solar System Planet.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Prediction of a global climate change on Jupiter
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The longevity and sudden demise of the White Ovals is explained by trapping anticyclonic vortices in the troughs of Rossby waves. The disappearance of the White Ovals was not an isolated event, but part of a recurring climate cycle which will cause most of Jupiter's vortices to disappear within the next decade.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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