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New Tenth Planet Has a Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everybody's-doin'-it dept.

starexplorer writes "SPACE.com is reporting that the recently discovered 10th planet of our solar system has a neighbor - a moon. The discovery team also have nicknamed the planet 'Xena' and the moon 'Gabrielle'. Many scientists are objecting to whether the new planet really is a new planet - so what do you call a moon with no planet?"

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  1. I couldn't help but notice. . . by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    That the further away the point of interest, the less interesting the point.

    If this thing was discovered closer to home, people would be a lot more excited rather than crack wise with a bunch of weak jokes.

    Human nature, eh?


    -FL