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Another Big Kuiper Belt Object Found

Posted by Cliff on from the oy-plutino! dept.

DoraLives observes: "According to the BBC a Huge rock-ice body circles Sun. At a shade over 350 miles across, it's not what you'd call planetary in size, but huge enough, I suppose, should it land in your back yard."

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  1. Units? by Cyno01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Miles? Its a celestial body, use proper standard units, either multiples of texas or volkswagons.

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    1. Re:Units? by Nos. · · Score: 2, Funny
      Where I live (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), they've recently finished draining the lake/creek in town. The radio reported that the lake was draining at a rate of one stove per second.

      I propose that for volumes less than one Library Of Congress, we measure volumes in household appliances.

  2. on the other hand... by LeninZhiv · · Score: 2, Funny

    but huge enough, I suppose, should it land in your back yard

    If your backyard has somehow found its way to the Kuiper belt, you've got problems of your own!

  3. Nicknaming the Rock by GrahamMastaFlash · · Score: 4, Funny
    Did anybody else notice that scientists nicknamed the rock "Plutino" after our ninth planet?

    In order to generate public interest in this story, I think "Pluto's bitch" might be more engaging. Or perhaps "the victim of Neptune's drunken advances"

  4. Re:"Plutino" is not a nickname by ForestGrump · · Score: 3, Funny

    aah, reporting the news.
    just like the weatherman, you can be wrong and its OK.

    -Grump

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