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Newly Found Planetoid Possibly Larger than Quaoar

Posted by michael on from the deep-space-one dept.

I am Jack's username writes "A newly discovered planetoid (Google news cluster) 2004 DW in the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, where some think objects larger than Pluto exist, may be larger than Quaoar - making it the second largest known trans-Neptunian object and 18th largest object in the solar system."

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  1. Quaoar by daeley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Continuing the uber-Scrabble theme, I'd like the nominate Zzyzx as the new name. Sure, it isn't in any way mythological, but it has nice legends attached to it. And it's halfway to Vegas from here, so what more do you want? ;)

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    1. Re:Quaoar by nagudaku · · Score: 3, Funny

      it took them so long to find this ? if they can see the most distant galaxy , is it really so hard to see just beyond pluto ?

  2. namers by lambent · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:

    "After the object is numbered, then the discoverers (that's us) have one decade to propose a name to the Internation Astronomical Union. There are even more rules about the name of the object. 2004 DW, for instance, must be named after an underworld diety because it is in a Pluto-like orbit."

    Okay, everyone ... we have 10 years to come up with a better name than Quaoar. Get to it.

  3. Almost by WTFmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tiny pieces of The Hubble Telescope, coming to a backytrd near you!