Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well past Pluto

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.

A round frozen world just 186 miles across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween, thus its spooky name. But it wasn’t publicly unveiled until Tuesday following further observations with ground telescopes.

The Goblin is officially known as 2015 TG387 by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.

This is the third dwarf planet recently found to be orbiting on the frigid fringes of our solar system. Goblin’s orbit is extremely elongated — taking 40,000 years for it to circle the sun.

At its most distant, the Goblin is 2,300 times farther from the sun than Earth.