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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 04:46 PM
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/30/n...anet/index.html
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A group of astronomers announced Friday that an object they discovered in the distant reaches of the solar system is large enough to be classified as the 10th planet -- a claim likely to reignite a debate over just how many objects should really have the title of planet.

The object -- located 96 times as far from the Earth as the Earth is from the sun, or nearly 9 billion miles away -- was first photographed in October 2003 by astronomers at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory, north of San Diego.

While researchers say they aren't yet sure of its actual size, they have determined the object is bigger than Pluto, currently the smallest planet and the one most distant from the sun.

"If Pluto is a planet, it seems reasonable that something that's bigger than Pluto, and further away than Pluto, should be called a planet, too," said Mike Brown, a Cal Tech planetary scientist who made the discovery with colleagues Chad Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory and David Rabinowitz of Yale University.


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 04:55 PM
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 05:07 PM
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wow another planet O.O


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 05:19 PM
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 07:04 PM
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 07:11 PM
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Wasn't this announced a pretty long time ago? o_O
I remember seeing it on the news.


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 09:42 PM
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Awesome, what do you think they'll call it?
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 09:43 PM
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QUOTE (Hanyou @ Jul 30 2005, 09:42 PM)
Awesome, what do you think they'll call it?

Planet X
I hope they name it after another Greek/Roman God/Goddess.
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 09:47 PM
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They should call it Hanyou.
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 09:48 PM
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QUOTE (Hanyou @ Jul 31 2005, 02:42 AM)
Awesome, what do you think they'll call it?

2003UB313


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 09:57 PM
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Yeah, I heard about the new planet this morning, I think it's pretty cool, it's so far away though that it takes 576 years to orbit around the sun, that's crazy. I'm looking forward to more information on this.
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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 10:07 PM
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QUOTE (Paratroopa @ Jul 30 2005, 09:57 PM)
I'm looking forward to more information on this.

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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 10:08 PM
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There appears to be no slumber for the malevolent.
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QUOTE (Hanyou @ Jul 30 2005, 09:42 PM)
Awesome, what do you think they'll call it?

Aether


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 10:11 PM
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Next thing you know, we're being attacked by the planet's citizens.


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 10:39 PM
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QUOTE (General Biddy @ Jul 30 2005, 07:11 PM)
Wasn't this announced a pretty long time ago? o_O
I remember seeing it on the news.

That was Sedna. They don't have a name for it yet, but scientists have nicknamed it Xena.


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 10:42 PM
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QUOTE (Hanyou @ Jul 30 2005, 07:42 PM)
Awesome, what do you think they'll call it?

Who knows? Zebes, Tallon IV, Corneria, Tatooine, anything.


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Posted: Jul 30 2005, 10:44 PM
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Posted: Jul 31 2005, 01:20 AM
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Posted: Jul 31 2005, 01:22 AM
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QUOTE (Kramer the Bird @ Jul 30 2005, 08:42 PM)
Who knows? Zebes, Tallon IV, Corneria, Tatooine, anything.

*they name it Mobius*

*Mobians are found*

*scientists try to capture them and rip them up smile.gif *

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