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[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 26 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

wait is this real or a joke? do we have a new planet that I've never heard of??

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 64 points 17 hours ago

This planet isn't in our solar system. We've found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it's a safe bet that there's lots more of them than you're aware of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

We have discovered over 6000 exoplanets in total, and over 100 in this year. I'd be surprised if you knew of all of them

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Oh you wanna be an astronaut, kid? Name every exoplanet

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I mean... it's definitely possible, I have seen a person naming every subdivision of the world, which is a bit less than the amount of exoplanets we know (~4000 vs. >6000), but only by 2000, so eventually some person will just do that.

[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 12 hours ago

Galaxy, not Solar System. There are a lot of planets in our galaxy that you’ve probably never heard of