Huge Planet Found Beyond Pluto
from the they-should-name-it-goofy dept
Astronomers claim to have found a 10th planet beyond Pluto. Though there is some continued debate as to the "planet-ness" of Pluto, astronomers are calling this object a planet since they are confident that this object, dubbed 2003 UB313, is much larger than Pluto. Apparently it's a good day for Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), since an object, 2003 EL61,70% the size of Pluto was also announced today. Man, two TNOs in one day? It's like Christmas. Maybe that's why they nicknamed 2003 EL61 "Santa". Update Astronomer Mike Brown's webpage about the 10th planet states "We have proposed a name to the IAU and will announce it when that name is accepted." Hmmm.. Can anyone fathom a guess of the secret name? (Hint: take a look at the page title.. or url..)
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Pluto a planet?
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Besides, based on that criterion, Mercury and Venus aren't planets.
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Planet name
cheers~
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Yeah but what about refugees
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A rather stupid idea right, instead of the illegal immigrants just shoot the villains and terrorists to the moon, nah too close pluto would be fine i think.
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10th Planet
For those speculating that the name proposed is "Lila" based on the web site name I must warn you that that is really just a sentimental dad's early morning naming of a web site for his three week old daughter and one should not take it too seriously!
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moon
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Huge Planet Found Beyond Pluto
aka the destroyer
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