Here we go again. Another new planet has just been discovered, way, way outside the orbit of Pluto. How far out?   Just for openers 2012 VP113 (as it is currently known) gets no closer to the Sun than 12 billion kilometres and at is farthest point is some 67 billion kilometres away from the Sun. By comparison Earth is just a measly 149 million km away from the Sun. Now consider Pluto, which is way far away. It takes 248 years to orbit the Sun. But 2012 VP113 take 4,000 years to go around the Sun once. Click here for details.