digital7 Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 A new planet-like object has been found circling the Sun more than one and a half billion kilometres beyond Pluto. We may discover Kuiper Belt objects bigger than Pluto Quaoar, as it has been dubbed, is about 1,280 kilometres across (800 miles) and is the biggest find in the Solar System since Pluto itself 72 years ago. The object is about one-tenth the diameter of Earth and circles the Sun every 288 years. It is half Pluto's size, but apparently larger than the ninth planet's moon, Charon. "It's about the size of all the asteroids put together," Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, US, told BBC News Online. "So this thing is really quite big." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhost Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Yeah I've heard ab this.....it's nuts.....who knows even what's beyond this new thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital7 Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 The first Kuiper Belt object was discovered just a decade ago. Researchers say that as larger Kuiper Belt objects turn up, the case for regarding Pluto as a fully fledged planet weakens. Pluto lies within the Kuiper Belt and is considered by many to be merely among the largest of the bunch, and not a planet in its own right. "It's pretty clear, if we discovered Pluto today, knowing what we know about other objects in the Kuiper Belt, we wouldn't even consider it a planet," said Brown. Frank Summers, an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, added: "An observation like this just confirms that; that we may discover Kuiper Belt objects bigger than Pluto." However, there are a great many astronomers who would oppose any notion that Pluto be demoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhost Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 I know....can u imagine if Pluto really isn't a planet??? There go all my lessons on the solar system and all the songs that go alomg w/them that include Pluto:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital7 Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 yeah! you aint kidding .. but I doubt they'll demote Pluto as a planet. It was a very important discovery at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhost Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by digital7 yeah! you aint kidding .. but I doubt they'll demote Pluto as a planet. It was a very important discovery at the time. A planet demotion....now I've heard everything! lololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeydny Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Wow thanks for the important news update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabannedjew Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by mikeydny Wow thanks for the important news update. :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhost Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by mikeydny Wow thanks for the important news update. you facecious guy u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laliux Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by digital7 A new planet-like object has been found circling the Sun more than one and a half billion kilometres beyond Pluto. We may discover Kuiper Belt objects bigger than Pluto Quaoar, as it has been dubbed, is about 1,280 kilometres across (800 miles) and is the biggest find in the Solar System since Pluto itself 72 years ago. The object is about one-tenth the diameter of Earth and circles the Sun every 288 years. It is half Pluto's size, but apparently larger than the ninth planet's moon, Charon. "It's about the size of all the asteroids put together," Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, US, told BBC News Online. "So this thing is really quite big." I believe that on certain nights I've been to Quaoar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital7 Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by laliux I believe that on certain nights I've been to Quaoar. tis true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhost Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by laliux I believe that on certain nights I've been to Quaoar. I bet it's on those nights where u have more than 2-3 drinks huh?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laliux Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by sunnyhost I bet it's on those nights where u have more than 2-3 drinks huh?!? yup! like this past Thursday @ Crobar. I had like 5 drinks and I dont even know how I made it home. I almost called Houston for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhost Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by laliux I almost called Houston for help. !!! "KIKIKIK" LMAO..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laliux Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by sunnyhost !!! "KIKIKIK" LMAO..... Houston the porn star, not the Space center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital7 Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by laliux Houston the porn star, not the Space center. Houston 500Lalo, will you be 501? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laliux Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Originally posted by digital7 Houston 500Lalo, will you be 501? no, but I'd like to be 1 on her Houston 600. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoebudious Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 I thought pluto was Mickey Mouse's dog?I knew I shouldn't have slept during that class.jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obby Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 I read an interesting article regarding your post. Thought you might enjoy the detailed info and the updated picture of this new object in our Solar System which has yet to be named.Here is the linkhttp://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/quaoar_discovery_021007.htmlHere is the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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