University of Toronto astronomers have been trying to decide how to tell the difference between a small planet and objects like asteroids and comets.
The question arose due to the discovery of what appears to be a companion planet of a tiny star called Oph1622, the New York Times reports.
The star is about 400 light-years from Earth and is so small that it never shown brightly, the astronomers say. LINK
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