Researchers unveil discovery of seemingly a dwarf planet

Out of around 1,500 icy bodies found till date in the Kuiper Belt, a few of them are big enough to be known as dwarf planets. Lately, a research paper has said that there is a possibility of a massive outer Solar System perturber. In fact, researchers have reported discovery of a dwarf planet, dubbed 2012 VP113, nicknamed Biden.

The planet is around three times far away from the sun than is Pluto. Astronomers have noticed that there are number of large, very remote objects that share a similar orbital angle. As per astronomers, main orbital feature is known as 'argument of perihelion'.

Scott Sheppard, an astronomer with the Carnegie Institution of Washington, said, "The argument of perihelion is the angle at which an object comes to perihelion with respect to the ecliptic plane".

Scott has also explained the concept of the 'disturber'. He said that a giant object or great disturber will disturb anything that approaches it. Therefore, the objects that maintain a distance from the great disturber will be considered as the most stable objects.

Researchers have even discussed about the present of a big planet, known as Planet X. One cannot see it directly, as it very far away and faint in appearance. It could be at least 200 Astronomical Units from the sun. Experts think that the solar system has not been completely explored.