Kuiper Belt Planet: Space agencies worldwide search every corner of the universe for an Earth-like planet. But now such a claim has been made regarding Earth’s ‘twin brother’, which you will be surprised to know. Astronomers in Japan have revealed that an Earth-like planet exists in our solar system. All that is left is to reach this planet. Whoever heard this was shocked. There is also a primary reason for this.
Astronomers have been saying for years that there are nine planets in our solar system instead of eight. After Pluto was stripped of its planet status, the number of planets in the solar system increased to eight. This is why, after this claim by Japanese scientists, it is being said whether the ninth planet has been discovered. The biggest question is where is this planet present in our solar system.
The Ninth Planet Is Present In The Kuiper Belt
According to the Daily Mail report, Japanese astronomers say the new planet is hidden in the Kuiper Belt. When Neptune, the last planet of the solar system, is crossed, the Kuiper Belt begins from there. This belt is round-shaped and surrounds the entire solar system. There are millions of asteroids in the Kuiper Belt, which are covered with ice. Only the fragments left during the formation of the Solar System are present in the Kuiper Belt.
How Far Away From Earth Is Its ‘Twin Brother’?
Japanese scientists named the new Kuiper Belt Planet (KBP). The Kuiper Belt is located 4.5 billion kilometres away from Earth. Experts say that KBP is three times bigger than the Earth. But the temperature here is so low that it is extremely impossible to maintain life like Earth. Earth comes in the Habitable Zone of the Solar System, that is, the place where life can flourish very quickly.
What Did Japanese Scientists Say?
Patrick Sophia Likawaka of Kindai University in Osaka, Japan and the National Astronomical Observatory of Tokyo have done this study. The study has been published in ‘The Astronomical Journal’. In this, scientists have said that we show the possibility of the existence of a planet like Earth. There is every possibility that there may be planets in the Kuiper belt. Such worlds have existed since the early days of the solar system.
