New Planet Found ???

[Shannow]

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8981151%5E1702,00.html

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Planet-like object discovered
From correspondents in Washington
16mar04

ASTRONOMERS have found a planet-like object in the outermost reaches of our solar system, officials at that National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) announced today.

The object, which is roughly half the size of the Earth's moon, has been named Sedna after the Inuit goddess of the sea, and is thought to be the coldest body in the solar system, and the most distant object orbiting the sun.
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology discovered the planet using the new Spitzer space telescope, which made its debut last August.

Scientists believe the discovery of Sedna to be the most important find in our solar system since Pluto was first spotted in 1930.

Space officials announced the discovery today at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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[needtoknow]

Yea I heard about that as well, neat. 60 Minutes Sunday aired a report about NASA's decision to let Hubble die a natural death. Apparently if it's not maintained soon it will become useless. Hubble has led to a lot of new science on space and it's origin. They now know that the universe is expanding at an increasing rate. Goes against gravity. They think there is a yet to be discovered force that is causing this. Letting Hubble die will really set us back with understanding our universe, if you think that's important. Can't resist a political comment. The decision by NASA came just after President Bush announced support and money for the Moon and Mars. I think this decision (Hubble) goes to the Presidents religious beliefs and alliances. Why do we need to discover our origins when we already have the Bible to tell us. Boy I bet I opened a can of worms.

 

[JohnnyO]

New planet? Cool. Send all the terrorists there and they can have their own place far from the reaches of the Great Satan.

 

[Pablo]

neato, good thing a planet was already named after uranus.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

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...and is thought to be the coldest body in the solar system...

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Knowing this, they should have named it either Terry McCauliffe, James Carville, or Hillary Clinton!

 

[buster]

Maybe Bush will find his WMD's out their.

 

[tweeker43]

dammit, pablo beat me to the obligatory uranus reference.

try as i might, i can't make a go of pluto for some reason.

how 'bout "uranus **** , **** near killed us."

 

[Steve S]

Art Bell has been broadcasting the new planet thing for years.

 

[XS650]

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Originally posted by Steve S:
Art Bell has been broadcasting the new planet thing for years.

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Hasn't he been broadcasting from another planet for years?