Every day, different discoveries are made regarding the universe and its expansion. Recently, scientists monitoring astronomical events have found evidence of the existence of an Earth-like planet in the solar system. Scientists say that this planet is orbiting the Sun beyond the planet Neptune in the solar system.
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan said the planet is located in the Kuiper Belt, the far outer edge of the solar system. Researchers say its mass will be about 1.5 to 3 times that of Earth, and its inclination will be about 30 degrees.
Previous research has shown that there are likely to be many undiscovered planets beyond the Kuiper Belt (which defines the outer boundary of the Solar System and extends about 50 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun). The presence of many celestial bodies like asteroids, space rocks, and comets is said to be in the Kuiper Belt. Scientists’ computer simulations have indicated another planet hidden in the Kuiper Belt. “We predict the existence of an Earth-like planet,” the researchers wrote in the study.
In new research recently published in The Astronomical Journal, scientists found that some objects in the Kuiper Belt behave in a way that indicates the presence of a small planet among them. “One such object is about 500 AU from the Sun,” he said. Where 1 AU is the distance between the Sun and the Earth. In comparison, Neptune is at a distance of 30 AU from the Sun. He says that the location of an Earth-like planet would probably be between 250 and 500 AU from the Sun.
