Tenth planet found!

[SirUlli]

more info can be found here

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0507/29planet/

and

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050729_new_planet.html

and

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/newplanet-072905.html

Sir Ulli

 

[mechBgon]

Now what'll they name it?

 

[SirUlli]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Now what'll they name it?

I think

Scotty

is the Answer

only my personall Meaning...

Sir Ulli

 

[networkman]

I like "Planet X" - the X being the Roman numeral for 10 anyway.

 

[Wolfsraider]

kpax since thats where it was first talked about lol

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks SirUlli for the info,
That is very interesting, have been waiting for this for quite a long time. The planet has been suspected to exist for quite a few years...

 

[amdxborg]

Wow thanx SirUlli, very interesting indeed!

 

[MechEng]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Now what'll they name it?

They could start a tradition of naming the last planet after a cartoon dog, I think Scooby-Doo would be appropriate!!! Worked fine the last time

 

[Spacehead]

The powers-that-be need to come up with a definition of what a planet actually is so that we aren't in the future going to have hundreds of planets in the solar system. As telescopes get better they're just going to find more & more of these objects in the Kuiper Belt.

There's been a few scientists already calling for a number of years to downgrade Pluto's status to just a large Kuiper Belt object.