Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Sun's 10th Planet... Sedna?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-that-remains-to-be-seen dept.

dsanfte writes "While NASA remains intentionally vague, promising only a news conference Monday, The Australian has the details. The new planet, dubbed Sedna after the Inuit goddess of the sea, is 3 billion km further from the sun than Pluto, and is slightly smaller at 2000km in diameter. This discovery has apparently reignited the debate as to how big a solar object must be in order to qualify as a 'planet', but it is significant nonetheless."

2 of 636 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Question is now is there life.. by kaltkalt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, it's the southerners who are most certainly stupid enough to re-elect him. I'd like to think most Yankees will be voting for Kerry. Of course, one must never underestimate the stupidity of American voters. Sadly enough I see 4 more years of this guy.

    --

    Stupid people make stupid things profitable.
  2. Off-topic, I know... but... by gumpish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Won't be life here in 10 years, if you Yanks are stupid enough to re-elect Shrub!

    But don't you see, in order to be "re-elected", you must first be elected. Therefore no possible outcome of the 2004 race will result in the re-election of Bush.