Ok if this is the tenth planet what happened to sedena? wouldnt this be the eleventh planet? Im lost whos counting? When does this become official? How does it become official?
Re: Sedna II?
Started by slotdrag, 07/31/2005 03:48AM
Posted 07/31/2005 03:48AM
Opening Post
Posted 07/31/2005 12:57PM
| Edited 07/31/2005 01:07PM
#1
It becomes official when Brian Marsden says it is, and he is saying these things are KBO's. (Although, he has not made official pronouncements on these discoveries, so, they aren't anything yet.)
Marsden is the head of the ?????(Oh, can't think of the name of it). Whenever anybody sees anything new, they send in notice to him. He then sends out notice to other astronomers to check out the details, and when all the information is back in, he sets out to register them in an official database of celestial names. (Note: Marsden does not work for the International Star Registry.)
Alex
On edit from Marsden's Bio on the web:
He has been director of the International Astronomical Union's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams since 1968, and in this capacity is responsible for the timely dissemination of information about transient astronomical objects and events;
Marsden is the head of the ?????(Oh, can't think of the name of it). Whenever anybody sees anything new, they send in notice to him. He then sends out notice to other astronomers to check out the details, and when all the information is back in, he sets out to register them in an official database of celestial names. (Note: Marsden does not work for the International Star Registry.)
Alex
On edit from Marsden's Bio on the web:
He has been director of the International Astronomical Union's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams since 1968, and in this capacity is responsible for the timely dissemination of information about transient astronomical objects and events;
Posted 07/31/2005 02:58PM
#2
If we call these KBO's planets, we will have, say, 200,000 planets to memorize in the next few years. Holy sphincter, my orrery will look like a bowl of spagetti. 
John
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