The 10th Planet?

Tarak Chunsa · 03-15-04, 11:02 PM

You guys all heard of the new planet the Cal Tech scientists found in our solar system.

The most distant object ever seen orbiting the Sun is nearly as large as Pluto, expanding astronomers notions of how the solar system formed and what resides in its outskirts.

The round world is currently three times farther away than Pluto from the Sun, a distance that expands even further on its 10,000-year orbit. It sits in a part of the solar system astronomers had thought empty. It is redder and brighter than anything astronomers have seen in the outer solar system, and scientists don't know why.

The object may even have its own little moon.

"There's absolutely nothing else like it known in the solar system," said Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...tersolarsystem
Go Cal Tech!! whoo HOOo!

Young Entrepreneur · 03-16-04, 12:19 AM

Technology is very amazing. The Mars project and now a new planet discovery.

***Admin*** · 03-16-04, 10:11 AM

Indeed amazing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm#graphic

ak · 03-16-04, 10:27 PM

Genius. Absolutely jaw-dropping!

Thumbs up for Cal Tech

03-15-04, 11:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tarak Chunsa Active Member Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Alhambra Posts: 133	The 10th Planet? You guys all heard of the new planet the Cal Tech scientists found in our solar system. The most distant object ever seen orbiting the Sun is nearly as large as Pluto, expanding astronomers notions of how the solar system formed and what resides in its outskirts. The round world is currently three times farther away than Pluto from the Sun, a distance that expands even further on its 10,000-year orbit. It sits in a part of the solar system astronomers had thought empty. It is redder and brighter than anything astronomers have seen in the outer solar system, and scientists don't know why. The object may even have its own little moon. "There's absolutely nothing else like it known in the solar system," said Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...tersolarsystem Go Cal Tech!! whoo HOOo!

03-16-04, 10:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,974	Indeed amazing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm#graphic __________________ Cal Poly Forums

03-16-04, 10:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
ak Cal Poly Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: LA Posts: 605	Genius. Absolutely jaw-dropping! Thumbs up for Cal Tech __________________ If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Education is the progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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Young Entrepreneur Enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Riverside Posts: 169	Technology is very amazing. The Mars project and now a new planet discovery.