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Started by jwhitby, 03/15/2004 05:39PM
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John Whitby
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I'm signing on to a NASA news conference in about 15 minutes about the discovery of a new body orbiting our sun, called Sedna, roughly the size of Pluto. Anyone else hear about this?

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Please keep us posted!
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Hi all. The discoverer of Sedna is an astronomer from Huntsville, Alabama ( The Rocket City ). His name is Mike Brown and he is currently working for the California Institute of Technology. Distance is approx. 8 billion miles away. and the orbit takes 10,500 years. In 2002, he and his colleagues discovered an icy world called Quaoar. For further information on this story, go to The Huntsville Times, March 17, 2004 edition. I am not sure of their website address, but check it out. I believe they will have the story in their archives. My information is direct from the paper itself, as I live within their area of coverage in Athens, AL.
Sincerely, Colin G. Giersberg
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