New dwarf planet discovered lurking beyond Neptune
![illustration of the orbit of dwarf planet 2015 RR245](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/071216_kt_dwarfplanet_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
The newly discovered dwarf planet 2015 RR245 travels along a 700-year-long orbit (illustrated in yellow) that takes it well beyond the Kuiper belt, the ring of icy debris past Neptune. The orbits of the eight planets are shown in blue; other large bodies in the Kuiper belt are also labeled.
Alex Parker/OSSOS