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07-30-2005, 01:48 AM
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I just head about it on the news, here is an article about it. Apparently it is frozen like Pluto, and it hasn't been named yet.
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07-30-2005, 02:58 AM
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What happened to 'Planet X'. That sounds like this recently-discovered planet.
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07-30-2005, 05:49 AM
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My old physics teacher made a point about 'planets'. We arbitrarily name orbitting debris and rocks planets  . Pluto is effectively an asteroid/meteorite (not sure of the precise technical term  ) in orbit of the sun - like many other mundane rocks floating around, only we decided to call it a planet.
I don't think there is a very firm definition of planet, and as such - well I'll call my little rock Bob the newest addition to our solar family  | | |
07-30-2005, 06:50 AM
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I thought I remembered hearing that Pluto was a wayward moon or something, too. And there's been "discoveries" of a 10th planet in the solar system for years. One of these days, you know, when we live in like Star Trek or something and can zip over there in five minutes, we'll know for sure.
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It isn't that shocking I think. It's double as far from the sun as Pluto and it's not that big I guess. It's got a diameter of 3000 km, which doesn't make it much larger than Pluto.
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07-30-2005, 07:27 AM
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It's actually smaller than Magrus' stash of alcoholic beverages. Not that this makes it especially insignificant, but...
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07-30-2005, 08:40 AM
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lmao dang, that small, huh? Well, look out Jupiter, you've been misplaced as the largest planet in the system.
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Artur C Clarke used to have a name for the planet... It was not Persephone, even though this name is ringing on my mind now. I'll be back with it later on...
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07-30-2005, 06:03 PM
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Yes, this came up a few years ago too; scientists apparently discovered a new planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter- it turned out to be an asteroid.
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07-30-2005, 10:12 PM
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But i think that the size on this one is about as large as Pluto, which sets it appart from the previous astroids.
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08-01-2005, 10:54 AM
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i heard that they had named the planet "xena"
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So Xena has taken her place in the Roman pantheon | | |
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Originally Posted by Krystian i heard that they had named the planet "xena" | It's just what they're calling the planet informally. When it comes time to label it, they'll almost certainly pick a Roman god/goddess to fit in with all the rest (and their satellites).
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I wonder why they use the names of roman gods? I say it would be cool if it was named Odin
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Originally Posted by Fiberfar I wonder why they use the names of roman gods? I say it would be cool if it was named Odin | Roman because astronomy emerged (or split away) from astrology, just as chemistry emerged from alchemy. Both astrology and alchemy used Roman gods for planets and chemical substances, because in Renaissance (and earlier) times these things were said to be linked and under the influence of a given "force." Jupiter was the largest planet observable with any kind of telescope (which actually predated Galileo), Mars was red "with anger," Mercury had the fastest progress across the sky, Saturn was just damn strange, etc.
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