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Giant Asteroid Breaks 200 Year Old Record

Posted by michael on from the armageddon dept.

Renobulus writes: "The BBC has this story about a giant asteroid orbiting near Pluto. This article also talks about Pluto's role as a planet in our solar system. This asteroid could help prove scientists belief that Pluto is only a minor planet."

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  1. For everyone's information... by kypper · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The record it broke was in size.


    From the article: European astronomers confirmed on Friday that a distant object seen circling our star near Pluto had broken a 200-year-old record.


    The previous incumbent was the asteroid Ceres which was discovered in 1801.