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Planet X Larger Than Pluto?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-space-beasts-please dept.

nova_planitia writes "The Minor Planet mailing list is buzzing with the discovery by an amateur astronomer of a 17th magnitude object 51 astronomical units from the Sun, tentatively designated 2003 EL61. For those not versed in astronomical lingo, this is an object several times brighter than Pluto even though it is 25% farther out from the Sun (the orbit vizualised by JPL). This means that barring a strangely reflective surface, this object is larger than Pluto, possibly Mars-sized! The debate whether Pluto is a planet is likely to get rekindled by this discovery."

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  1. Brighter than Bush? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe that's where all the WMD are hidden?

  2. Re:Broken Link, Naming Contest. by Shin+Chan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No no, they are getting [i]rid[/i] of the "my" prefixes.. Don't you [i]dare[/i] adding them back! On the other hand, why don't we call it Orange. You know.. [i]the future is bright, the future is orange[/i].

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  3. learn some grammer by timmy_otoole · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its "brigther then Pluto".

  4. Re:Broken Link, Naming Contest. by WidescreenFreak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I feel the explanation ruins the humor

    I feel the humorless mods ruin Slashdot. What's your point? >:)

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