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The Tenth Planet Shrinks Under Hubble's Gaze

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the under-the-microscope dept.

starexplorer2001 writes "An object called the 10th planet by some astronomers is not as large as previously thought. New images of 2003 UB313 (aka Xena) were delivered by the Hubble Telescope and showed up as only 1.5 pixels! Now, some are calling to demote Pluto and kill Xena."

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  1. Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's all black except for a bright white spot.

  2. "...not as large as previously thought." by core+plexus · · Score: 4, Funny
    "I swear it's a foot long, it just shrank because of the cold of space!" --

    New Face discovered on Mars

  3. Re:Only 68 miles bigger by RLiegh · · Score: 4, Funny

    As George Carlin said pollution; Earth will be fine. We might be fucked; but the earth will be A-OK.

  4. no need! by Quadraginta · · Score: 4, Funny
    Here's a copy of the image itself:
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    Don't forget it's a reversed (negative) image, so Xena itself is dark and the background of space is white.

    I think if you look very closely you can see a few faint stars in the background...