fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 21 days agoA rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it.mander.xyzimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1619arrow-down19
arrow-up1610arrow-down1imageA rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·21 days agowait is this real or a joke? do we have a new planet that I’ve never heard of??
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up69·21 days agoThis planet isn’t in our solar system. We’ve found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it’s a safe bet that there’s lots more of them than you’re aware of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·21 days agoWe have discovered over 6000 exoplanets in total, and over 100 in this year. I’d be surprised if you knew of all of them
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minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-221 days agoI mean… it’s definitely possible, I have seen a person naming every subdivision of the world, which is a bit less than the amount of exoplanets we know (~4000 vs. >6000), but only by 2000, so eventually some person will just do that.
minus-squarebelluck@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·21 days agoGalaxy, not Solar System. There are a lot of planets in our galaxy that you’ve probably never heard of
wait is this real or a joke? do we have a new planet that I’ve never heard of??
This planet isn’t in our solar system. We’ve found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it’s a safe bet that there’s lots more of them than you’re aware of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
We have discovered over 6000 exoplanets in total, and over 100 in this year. I’d be surprised if you knew of all of them
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I mean… it’s definitely possible, I have seen a person naming every subdivision of the world, which is a bit less than the amount of exoplanets we know (~4000 vs. >6000), but only by 2000, so eventually some person will just do that.
Galaxy, not Solar System. There are a lot of planets in our galaxy that you’ve probably never heard of
Yep