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Mar 15, 2004, 5:29pm

Well, we don't have a general NG anymore but I thought I'd post this anyway;
seeing as how the last planet was discovered some 70 years ago.

Planet Sedna is our new 10th planet confirmed by NASA =O

Here's the news url with details:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114178,00.html

Mar 15, 2004, 5:30pm

cool thanks

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Mar 15, 2004, 5:53pm

Actually after rereading that I'm not sure if they've officially classified
it as a planet. They're just calling it a "planetoid" in that artical O_o


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Mar 15, 2004, 6:45pm

Too large to be an asteroid, too small to be a planet.

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Mar 15, 2004, 7:12pm

That's not a moon... It's a space station!


: )



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Mar 15, 2004, 7:40pm

Yea...they are constructing a Death Star lol

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Mar 15, 2004, 7:48pm

No, a borg sphere..rofl

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Mar 15, 2004, 8:08pm

No Enzo!

The planet itself is a space station :-P

LOL!

~John

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Mar 15, 2004, 8:48pm

Neither, all wrong

Its something Arthur C Clark put up there to keep selling books



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Mar 15, 2004, 8:53pm

After reading another article, it seems that it's currently undecided as to
whether or not it's a planet. They're debating it =P

Seems more like a rogue moon to me.

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Mar 15, 2004, 8:53pm

Is it an obelisk?

~John

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Mar 15, 2004, 8:57pm

Yep dam hackers get everywhere :-)



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Mar 15, 2004, 9:07pm

arthur c clarke =D

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Mar 15, 2004, 9:08pm

Opps dropped my "E" off must have been a sleepy one


rofl


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Mar 15, 2004, 10:00pm

hahaha good one!! ^5 ;-"D


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Mar 15, 2004, 10:57pm

[View Quote] I see no reason why it can't be classified as a planet.

Mar 15, 2004, 11:27pm

Hmm, nice. Well even Pluto and its sligtly smaller moon (actually a
double planet system) are not by all astrononers considered as
planets, they crave to fall into the planetoid (not a planet but
almost) category. Sedna certaily falls into this category.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/8194021.htm?1c

A huge rock, far far away!

Alex

[View Quote] >Well, we don't have a general NG anymore but I thought I'd post this anyway;
>seeing as how the last planet was discovered some 70 years ago.
>
>Planet Sedna is our new 10th planet confirmed by NASA =O
>
>Here's the news url with details:
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114178,00.html
>

Mar 15, 2004, 11:30pm

Any reason why it should?

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Mar 16, 2004, 12:09am

becuase there might be a bigger object near it

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Mar 16, 2004, 12:58am

[View Quote] Why base naming convetions on size? Why not on shape?

Mar 16, 2004, 1:09am

If anyone in the Universe sees this citname and citnumber: Bonzai, #311518,
Eject immeaditly. It is M a t t doing exploits around the universe, behind a
proxy, a verizon DSL proxy (Not really him).

If he vanalizes your world with a qwest IP, that is him.

(22:06:15) . Looking up host of 65.141.54.205 ...
(22:06:15) * Resolved 65.141.54.205 to
0-2pool54-205.nas2.pikeville1.ky.us.da.qwest.net

If anyone really wanted it.

M a t t, any further attacks of me will pile up my revenge to you my friend.
Nice try, but it isn't called pwnage, it's called stupidity and pretty much
notthing near of it.

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Mar 16, 2004, 1:10am

err, wrong place.


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Mar 16, 2004, 1:44am

i think trees on Mars is more interesting
http://www.curiousnotions.com/mars/mars_plants.html
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Mar 16, 2004, 2:39pm

I've gotta bad feelin about this...


E


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Mar 16, 2004, 4:47pm

Yes, Luke - you have to go and fight Darth Tenth-Planet-Owner

:-P

LOL

~John

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Mar 16, 2004, 5:03pm

ehh, what's up doc? time fer some west and wewaxtion! =D
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Mar 21, 2004, 3:58pm

If it goes round our sun it's our planet right? To me, it doesn't even
matter if it's 1cm in diameter.

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Mar 22, 2004, 12:35am

So than I guess that means all of the asteroids in the asteroid belt are
planets as well...

There are certain characteristics a planet has to fullfill to be considered
a planet ;P


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Mar 22, 2004, 1:14am

LOL I'll throw a rock at him and he'll claim I threw a planet at him.
hahahahahahahhaaha

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Mar 22, 2004, 3:25am

[View Quote] > LOL I'll throw a rock at him and he'll claim I threw a planet at him.
> hahahahahahahhaaha

After some thinking, I think orbit should be the determining factor of
an object in space. Also the number of objects in proximity and their
orbits as well should play an important part in the classification of
spatial bodies.

Meteors would be free floating bodies (there are meteor belts though..
hence the proximity of other objects)... then there's planets and their
moons.. then asteroids.. then stars.

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