Tenth Planet Found

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

Tim K. wrote:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0507/29planet/

This is going to force the issue regarding the
debate over whether Pluto is a "planet" or not,
since this thing is bigger than Pluto. Either
there are eight "planets", or there are thousands.

- Ed Kyle

Ed Kyle wrote:
Tim K. wrote:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0507/29planet/

This is going to force the issue regarding the
debate over whether Pluto is a "planet" or not,
since this thing is bigger than Pluto. Either
there are eight "planets", or there are thousands.

And oh, by the way, why was this announcement,
of the DISCOVERY OF A PLANET for crying out
loud, made late on a Friday afternoon after
the national evening news cycle?

- Ed Kyle

In article .com,
says...
This is going to force the issue regarding the
debate over whether Pluto is a "planet" or not,
since this thing is bigger than Pluto.

yep.
http://nytimes.com/2005/07/29/scienc...l?%20%20hp&ex=
1122696000&en=041567292ccf323b&ei=5094&partner=hom epage
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

The loss of the American system of checks and balances
is more of a security danger than any terrorist risk.
-- Bruce Schneier

In article .com,
says...
And oh, by the way, why was this announcement,
of the DISCOVERY OF A PLANET for crying out
loud, made late on a Friday afternoon after
the national evening news cycle?

Can we invert that? Why does the national evening news cycle ignore
anything that happens between noon on Friday and Monday morning??

(Anyone remember the day of the week of the "Saturday Night Massacre" or
the attack on Pearl Harbor?)
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

The loss of the American system of checks and balances
is more of a security danger than any terrorist risk.
-- Bruce Schneier

Tim K. wrote:

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

You know what this means? They've found Micky, and Goofy's next!
Either that, or the Red Lectroids are about to show up.

John Yaya
Yoyodyne Industries

Ed Kyle wrote:

This is going to force the issue regarding the
debate over whether Pluto is a "planet" or not,
since this thing is bigger than Pluto. Either
there are eight "planets", or there are thousands.



Don't forget that one orbiting on the far side of the sun from us- where
left is right, writing is backwards, and George Bush is smart. :-)

Pat

Ed Kyle wrote:

Tim K. wrote:


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



This is going to force the issue regarding the
debate over whether Pluto is a "planet" or not,
since this thing is bigger than Pluto.



Smaller. The critter has a moon, and observations have shown that it's
substantially lower in mass than Pluto. Hense, almost certainly smaller.


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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:20:06 GMT, Scott Lowther
wrote:

This is going to force the issue regarding the
debate over whether Pluto is a "planet" or not,
since this thing is bigger than Pluto.



Smaller. The critter has a moon, and observations have shown that it's
substantially lower in mass than Pluto. Hense, almost certainly smaller.

No. You're confusing today's earlier annoucement of a fairly biggish
KBO with the late-afternoon blockbuster announcement of what can only
be called Planet 10 (at least 1 1/2 times larger than Pluto, maybe
2x.)

All sorts of KBO news today!

Why this week of all weeks? No one will notice with all the Discovery
news.

Brian

Ed Kyle wrote:


And oh, by the way, why was this announcement,
of the DISCOVERY OF A PLANET for crying out
loud, made late on a Friday afternoon after
the national evening news cycle?


For the same reason they said "The War Of The Worlds" radio broadcast in
1938 was a hoax, and there really wasn't an alien invasion at Grover's
Mill? ;-)

Perfect Tommy
Team Banzai