'Double planet' found

Astronomers say a pair of small rocks orbiting each other at the edge of the solar system may be planets.

'Double planet' found

Astronomers say a pair of small rocks orbiting each other at the edge of the solar system may be planets.

But the lumps of rock and ice are only a few hundred miles in diameter and other experts say they are too small to be planets.

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