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

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

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday March 14, 2004 @05:26AM 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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test by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 05:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

test
YOU FAIL IT BARE by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 05:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

i just lost a lot of respect for you
Mr Mackey says... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 05:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Sedna is bad mmmmmkay
the Prophecy by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 05:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Father Antos lives on X!

Xeno=9
Yako=9
Zabo=9
Uranus by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 05:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Is it really big enough to be considered a planet?
Islands vs. continents by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 06:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This whole discussion call the some definitions
to my mind I once saw in a lexica:

continent: one of

island: area of land surrounded by water, but
not one of the ->continents.
What a rediculous name by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 07:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It ought to be called "Mondas", for obvious reasons.
Re:A lot of astronomers don't want to count Pluto by NanoGator · 2004-03-14 08:22 · 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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