A New Planet (9th) may be unveiled by Scientists shortly to replace Pluto

An artist's rendering shows the distant view from "Planet Nine" back towards the sun,

in this handout photo provided by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

in Pasadena, California, Jan. 20, 2016.

One of the scientists responsible for demoting Pluto in our solar system may have found a replacement.  

California Institute of Technology Astronomers, Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin have run the numbers and say they are convinced they have found a giant planet way out in the farthest reaches of our sun's gravitational reach.  

The scientists say they have not seen the planet, but have determined that something they call a "distant eccentric planet" is pushing around a bunch of smaller objects out in deep space.  They do know, by its gravitational effects, it is huge, likely at least 10 times bigger than Earth.  That is almost as large as Neptune

They have not given it a name, but say that if it is out there telescopes should be able to see it within the next few years.  

Brown isn't only in the business of finding planets, he's also responsible for killing them.  Brown's discovery of Sedna, a so-called 'minor planet' and Eris, both of which are larger than Pluto led the International Astronomical Union to create a new classification for 'planets' in 2006.

Pluto, along with Eris, Ceres and a few others no longer made the cut and were reclassified as Dwarf Planets.  But the astronomers say the new discovery is big enough to be classified as a bona-fide planet.

Brown and Batygin are confident they have found Planet X, but until it's found by a telescope it is still just a hypothesis.  

Planet X according to them, is seven times farther from the sun than Neptune, at its closest approach; so do not go selling the farm just yet.  

But as with all new science, before anything can be set in stone, the researchers' math will be put through the astronomical ringer. In the meantime, expect a whole lot of telescopes to start looking for proof of what could be the newest planet in the neighborhood.