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| Distant object found orbiting Sun |
| 2005-07-29 |
| No, it's not Michael Moore - it doesn't suck that much... Astronomers have found a large object in the Solar System's outer reaches. It is being hailed as "a great discovery". Details of the object are still sketchy. It never comes closer to the Sun than Neptune and spends most of its time much further out than Pluto. It is one of the largest objects ever found in the outer Solar System and is almost certainly made of ice and rock. It is at least 1,500km (930 miles) across and may be larger than Pluto, which is 2,274km (1,400 miles) across. The uncertainty in estimates of its size is due to errors in its reflectivity. It might be a large, dim object, or a smaller, brighter object. Whatever it is, astronomers consider it a major discovery. Or it could be something else, or not. In 2004 scientists discovered Sedna, a remote world that is 1,700 km across. ...more at link... |
| Posted by:.com |
| #15 I'm pretty sure Oberon's already a name for a moon of Uranus or Neptune. (Checks google) Uranus. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-07-29 20:08 |
| #14 Matbe it's Jimmy Hoffa. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-07-29 19:13 |
| #13 Merele Oberons' a pretty good name for a moon. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-29 15:41 |
| #12 Beat me to it, Phil. More fodder for Z. Sitchin's next book. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-07-29 15:03 |
| #11 I like Palestinian Homeland. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-07-29 14:15 |
| #10 They will not call it a planet. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-29 14:12 |
| #9 BTW, Mike, I'm pretty sure it's either Iapetus or Enceladus that's the "That's No Moon" moon. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-07-29 13:32 |
| #8 Does this mean that we have found the GitMo replacement and it will not need guards? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-07-29 13:21 |
| #7 96 days until Bellus. Gee, can I get a spot on the rocketship? Nemesis is a good name, or maybe Oberon... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-07-29 11:55 |
| #6 96 days until Bellus. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-07-29 10:13 |
| #5 I'm afraid you get the details wrong. Every time another planet in the outer solar system gets discovered the moonbats ask if it's Nibiru. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-07-29 08:50 |
| #4 Large ice and rock object orbiting the sun: 132,456,789,675th Most Holy Place in Islam. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-29 08:49 |
| #3 [MOONBAT CLASS="STRAITJACKET" POLITIX="LEFT"]You don't understand. It was made by Halliburton's overlords on Titan to broadcast mind-control waves to keep us under Bushitler's control! [/MOONBAT] |
| Posted by: Korora 2005-07-29 08:35 |
| #2 "...That's no moon..." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-07-29 07:11 |
| #1 Nemesis |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-29 07:08 |