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Tyche, Giant Hidden Planet, May Exist In Our Solar System

#HiddenPlanet #Tyche #Jupiter #SolarSystem #LargePlanet We may have  lost Pluto , but it looks like we might be getting Tyche. Scientists may soon be able to prove the existence of the gas giant, which could be four times the size of Jupiter, according to astrophysicists John Matese and Daniel Whitmire from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The two first proposed Tyche's existence in order to explain a change in the path of comets entering the solar system, according to  The Independent . From The Independent : Tyche will almost certainly be made up mostly of hydrogen and helium and will probably have an atmosphere much like Jupiter's, with colourful spots and bands and clouds, Professor Whitmire said. "You'd also expect it to have moons. All the outer planets have them," he added. For a graphical representation of Tyche,  click here .  So how could we have missed such a massive planet in our own solar system? Well, it's 15,000 time...