Scientists Nickname Planet-Like Object 'Biden' Thursday, 27 Mar 2014 09:23 AM By Courtney Coren
It's official name is "2012 VP-113." But astronomers have nicknamed the newly discovered planet-like object on the edge of the solar system "Biden."
Smiling Joe, nick-named for Vice President Joe Biden, is 7 billion miles away from the sun and has its own celestial body, The Washington Post reported. Biden is quite small at 280 miles in diameter, and scientists say it could be dwarf planet. Pluto, which was deemed a dwarf planet in 2006 has a diameter of 1,430 miles. By contrast, Earth is 7,900 miles across.
It has a temperature of minus 430 degrees Fahrenheit and is likely covered in ice.
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