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Hubble Photo of Sedna Suprises Astronomers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he'll-drop-his-pants-soon-enough dept.

waynegoode writes "Soon after the announcement of the discovery of Sedna, the solar system's furthest object and planet wanna-be, the Hubble Space Telescope was pointed at it to answer some of the many questions its discovery generated. The photos were released today and are surprising for what they don't show--a moon. Astronomers were certain it had a moon because of its slow rotation. "I'm completely baffled at the absence of a moon," says Michael Brown, Sedna's discoverer. Story and photo at Universe Today, hubblesite and NASA press release."

6 of 342 comments (clear)

  1. That's no absence of a moon ... by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's an absence of a space station!

  2. news by name773 · · Score: 5, Funny

    any other interesting things that didn't happen today?
    the sun rose so it can't be that....
    water is still wet...
    i'm baffled.

    1. Re:news by ZigMonty · · Score: 5, Funny
      water is still wet...

      No it isn't.

  3. No moon, no Mars. by mezelf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really pity the people on Sedna. Without a moon, how can they ever hope to get to Mars?

  4. that isn't the planet in the picture ... by xlurker · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's the moon!
    (the planet is hiding behind it)....

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  5. Re:space.com by jea6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here is a low bandwidth picture of Sedna: Thank you Hubble.

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