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Nasa names new planet after Inuit goddess
By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor

16 March 2004

Nasa announced yesterday that it had discovered a new planet, the first to be found since Pluto in 1930.

There's just one problem: most astronomers don't think it's a planet - and they're pretty sure the new discovery is not going to make it into school textbooks of the future, except as a footnote. Schoolchildren will still learn that there are nine, not 10, planets in the solar system.

The new discovery, named Sedna (after the Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic), presently lies about 100 billion miles away from the Sun, roughly 90 times further away than the Earth. But its eccentric orbit means that sometimes it goes up to 10 times further away still. That takes it far into the "Kuiper Belt", a sort of cosmic debris collection in the outer reaches of the solar system, filled with rocks and ice. Sedna is estimated to be between 800 miles and 1,100 miles across, about three-quarters the size of Pluto, based on the light reflected from its surface detected by telescopes on Earth.

From its surface, the Sun would appear so small that "you could completely block it out with the head of a pin," said Mike Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology who led the team that found Sedna. The temperature never rises above -200C.

But the disputes about whether Sedna is really a planet began well before the announcement of its discovery last night. "If it's smaller than Pluto then it won't be classed as a planet," said Professor Iwan Williams, president of the International Astronomical Union, which has the final say on the classification of celestial objects. "The fact is that if Pluto was discovered today it wouldn't be called a planet."
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Cool.

How many new baby girls do you think will be named Sedna?
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That's a good point, wouldn't surprise me at all; I'd be tempted myself if I had a partner expecting a new baby girl.
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That takes it far into the "Kuiper Belt", a sort of cosmic debris collection in the outer reaches of the solar system, filled with rocks and ice.
Why not call all those bits planets as well.....
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That takes it far into the "Kuiper Belt", a sort of cosmic debris collection in the outer reaches of the solar system, filled with rocks and ice.
Why not call all those bits planets as well.....
Wait till you have to help your kids memorize the names of all of them for school. Or help them make one of those dioramas with all the planets for Science Fair. I think my parents would have been happy with 6 or 7. (Actually, my mom is really into astronomy, so that's a lie.)
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Sometimes things seem so DEEP...but really they are ALWAYS on the surfice. IF we consider what life is about....Its so simple. Does'nt need that much working out...

Every move you make, every step you take, as long as you know/feel within your heart, it is for the right reason...YOU will NEVER go wrong... that is a truth....
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Glad to see the tank in use!

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once waste managment is sorted, everything else will slot into place...
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I was just doing a report for the magazine I work for and saw that on May 23 we are doing an article on the Transit of Venus which will be on June 8, the first time since 1882

http://www.venus-transit.de/2004/index.html
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you'll have to get your bi-oculars out
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