ell, as you read the title, you probably think we are lying, but we're telling the truth. Astronomers have found a tiny icy miniplanet that proves that the solar system extends much farther than previously suspected. This planet has a surface area equal to the area of Texas. It is the brightest object found beyond Neptune since Pluto's moon was discovered. This little planet is about three hundred miles across. At its farthest, it is about three times farther from the sun than Pluto. It is probably composed of water, methane, carbond dioxide, and other materials.
It probably isn't alone either. Theoretical calcuations proposed that their may be as many as a million of solar ice balls that are beyond Pluto. They are considered to be extentsions of the Kupier belt. It is a collection of small bodies that orbit beyond Neptune.
This object probably will not be named after a Roman god like the other planets because they are too minor.
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