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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. Planet? by Misch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it a planet or a pla-not?

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  2. Xena FTW by JavaFTW++ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Xena: Warrior Princess. LA LA LA LA LA!!! I wish I knew a girl as cool as her!

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