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trunkks
03-17-2004, 02:42 PM
scientist say they find a new planet in solarsystem. it is call sedna and it is 10th planet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm

Travh20
03-17-2004, 04:04 PM
I think we should call it planet John Kerry, since they are both way out there

BorgHunter
03-17-2004, 07:25 PM
Originally posted by Travh20
I think we should call it planet John Kerry, since they are both way out there
Why not Planet Bush? It's a fun sexual reference, too. :D

box19
03-18-2004, 03:25 PM
No doubt we'll have to land an astronaut on THAT ONE too. :)

cameltoe
03-19-2004, 02:08 AM
Will this new find be considered a planet, or a Kuiper group?
Suposedly there is talk to demote Pluto.
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Karankawa
03-19-2004, 09:01 PM
There are actually several stars that have been observed to "warble." I may have used the wrong jargon, but to "warbel" means that the star is wobbling in such a way that it leads astronomers to believe that there are large objects orbitting it. The object is large enough to have its own gravitational pull and causes the star to "warble." Our own sun warbles due to the planets orbitting it, and these other stars are suspected of having planets orbitting them as well. This is evidence that there are actually many other planets out there than the ones in our solar sytem.