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There are currently over a thousand known planets, most of them discovered recently; I would guess that currently, dozens of planets, perhaps over a hundred planets, are discovered every year.

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Is it possible to discover a new planet or star?

yes there is many stars and they can be discovered


Did astronomers discover a new planet?

As of my last update, astronomers have not discovered a new planet in our solar system. However, new exoplanets outside our solar system are routinely being discovered using various observational techniques.


Why is it difficult to classify a celestial body as a dwarf planet?

It isn't, really; it's just that the "dwarf planet" classification is pretty new, having been defined in 2006. However, a "dwarf planet" must be massive enough that it is crushed into a spherical shape by its own gravity, and must orbit a star rather than another planet. But it has NOT "cleared its orbit" of other objects; if that criterion were true, then it would be a "planet". Any new bodies matching that description are likely to be in the Kuiper Belt, which is quite distant from Earth. It's likely that we'll need a new generation of orbital telescopes to discover them.


Did scientists discover a new planet in the solar system?

As of now, there is no confirmed discovery of a new planet in our solar system. However, researchers continue to search for potential undiscovered planets beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt and beyond.


Does the planet Kepler really exist?

There is a bit of confusion here. Kepler is not the name of a planet but of a space telescope used to discover planets in other solar systems. Planets discovered with this telescope are given designations such as Kepler-22b. This telescope has been used to discovered hundreds of planets.

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What is a good sentence with the word discover?

I want to discover a previously unknown planet with my new telescope.


Is it possible to discover a new planet or star?

yes there is many stars and they can be discovered


On which planet did voyager discover 2 new moons and rings in 1989?

Uranus.


What new planet isn't a dwarf planet?

Pluto, which now really isn't new.


Did astronomers discover a new planet?

As of my last update, astronomers have not discovered a new planet in our solar system. However, new exoplanets outside our solar system are routinely being discovered using various observational techniques.


What planet did Voyager 2 discover new moons and rings around it in 1989?

jupiter had it's rings found by nassa


Why is it difficult to classify a celestial body as a dwarf planet?

It isn't, really; it's just that the "dwarf planet" classification is pretty new, having been defined in 2006. However, a "dwarf planet" must be massive enough that it is crushed into a spherical shape by its own gravity, and must orbit a star rather than another planet. But it has NOT "cleared its orbit" of other objects; if that criterion were true, then it would be a "planet". Any new bodies matching that description are likely to be in the Kuiper Belt, which is quite distant from Earth. It's likely that we'll need a new generation of orbital telescopes to discover them.


Did scientists discover a new planet in the solar system?

As of now, there is no confirmed discovery of a new planet in our solar system. However, researchers continue to search for potential undiscovered planets beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt and beyond.


Why was Christopher Columbus Day cancelled?

because technically Columbus didn't really "discover" the new world, he only recorded it. the Amerindians such as the Incas, Aztecs, tainos, kalinagos etc really discovered the new world. mainly because they migrated to the western hemisphere centuries before Columbus voyages; during the time of the ice age over the Bering Strait which is now currently the Antarctic ocean. So giving recognition to a man that didn't really discover would be unfair to the civilizations that actually did discover the new world.


Did they discover a new planet?

New planets are more or less constantly being discovered outside the Solar system. There are almost certainly no unknown planets still lurking within the Solar system, though.


Is there a such think of a new planet call planet x?

Don't think so. Some scientists think that but others thought it was just a really big meteorite.


What method did Herschel use to discover the new planet?

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus, using a homemade telescope in the back garden of his house in Bath (England). It was also the first discovery of a planet made using a telescope. -------------------- a telescope