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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."

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  1. Re:A lot of astronomers don't want to count Pluto by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Why does there have to be one?"

    Because my Oprah jokes are at a standstill until this issue is resolved!

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    "Derp de derp."