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Old 19-November-2001, 04:22 PM
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On 2001-11-18 00:41, lpetrich wrote:

So it would be difficult to observe an Earth-sized planet much beyond Pluto
Actually, Earth would be a piece of cake at Pluto's orbit; it would be very roughly 11th magnitude or so: easy to find in an amateur 'scope. At twice Pluto's distance it would start to get tough, in a small 'scope. However, the big trans-Neptunian object surveys would find it pretty easily.

There is a great webpage discussing hypothetical planets at http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/hypo.html