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."
Re:how does this change plutos role?
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JBowz15
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· Score: 5, Funny
How does this change Pluto's role?
Well, Pluto will no longer be eligible for the lead planet Oscar. From now on, it will have to make do with the category of best supporting planet.
Virtual Telescope
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Alien54
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· Score: 5, Informative
The history of the solar system seems like it was a lot more complex than people have been thinking.
Pluto is seen as a escaped moon of Neptune.
Evidence suggests that the Solar systyem underwent major changes about 65 million years ago. The dinosaurs seem to have been minor collateral damage.
Mars, for example, has a whole bunch of craters that cover just one side of the planet. The other half is pretty clean. Sounds like something went BOOM.
So oddities like asteroids orbiting pluto etc are par for the course.
What I find interesting is that The observations were carried out at the European Southern Observatory with the world's first operational "virtual telescope", Astrovirtel.
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How does this change Pluto's role?
Well, Pluto will no longer be eligible for the lead planet Oscar. From now on, it will have to make do with the category of best supporting planet.
Pluto is seen as a escaped moon of Neptune.
Evidence suggests that the Solar systyem underwent major changes about 65 million years ago. The dinosaurs seem to have been minor collateral damage.
Mars, for example, has a whole bunch of craters that cover just one side of the planet. The other half is pretty clean. Sounds like something went BOOM.
So oddities like asteroids orbiting pluto etc are par for the course.
What I find interesting is that The observations were carried out at the European Southern Observatory with the world's first operational "virtual telescope", Astrovirtel.
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Radio Free Nation
is a news site based on Slash Code
"If You have a Story, We have a Soap Box"
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"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"