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10th planet has moon

croxiscroxis I am the walrus
in Zocalo v2.0
[url]http://space.com/scienceastronomy/ap_051001_newmoon.html[/url]

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Xena? :D
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    I'm quite fine with naming it Xena! ;)
  • SpiritOneSpiritOne Magneto ABQ NM
    no, no no no, thats just wrong...

    i can do with naming the planet xena, im sure there are other meanings for it, but naming the moon gabriel???

    what next? planet joey? with moons chandler and monica?
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    If we can name planets and moons after ancient mythology, why can't we name them after *modern* mythology?
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Planet Kirk with moons Picard, Sisko, and that Voyager Captain :p
  • TanhauserTanhauser Ranger
    "scientists can calculate how heavy Xena is."

    I always thought she was a bit chubby,but calling in scientists? :D
  • DarthCaligulaDarthCaligula Elite Ranger
    I thought the planet was named Sedna.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Sedna's actually a completely different chunk of rock.
  • DarthCaligulaDarthCaligula Elite Ranger
    I thought they said that the tenth planet in our solar system was Sedna, but this says that Xena is the tenth planet. Did I miss something?
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Sedna, discovered last year, was determined not to qualify as a planet and was relegated to a planetoid, and is something like half the size of Pluto. Xena became the 10th planet earlier this year and is larger than Pluto.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    The tenth planet hasn't really been decided on yet. Since Sedna isn't an *official* tenth planet as of this point...yeah. It's still pushing the definition of planet a bit. Kuiper belt objects and large more-or-less orbiting debris are (in my opinion, at least) just too small to be of any significance.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    I still say make it simple.

    Anything with it's own moon should qualify...

    :p
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    That's still silly, because many of the Kuiper Belt objects have moons. It's part of the nature of objects to clusteraround, orbit, or crash into one another.

    I'm sure it wasn't means to be terribly serious, but with that logic, we'd be quite likely to find hundreds of potential new "planets" as imaging systems advance to the point of being able to precisely measure the region. I really hate waiting for this part ;)
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    What about Mercury then, Jack? It doesn't have a moon :D
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Nor does Venus, for that matter.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    [I]*JackN drops trouser and MOONS Random Chaos...[/I]
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Does this mean Uranus has a moon? :p
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    :D:D:D LOL!!
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Random Chaos [/i]
    [B]Does this mean Uranus has a moon? :p [/B][/QUOTE]

    No, but your moon has Uranus.
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