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10th planet has a moon!

Started by maurice clark, 10/02/2005 02:46AM
Posted 10/02/2005 02:46AM | Edited 10/02/2005 02:47AM Opening Post
Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, however the so-called 10th planet that was discovered recently has been found to have a moon.

Details here: http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-new-planet-moon,0,966225.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines

and from Brown himself: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/%7Embrown/planetlila/moon/index.html

This should kick along the arguements about how many planets we really have in the solar system!! 8O

Cheers,

Maurice

PS: I see they have temporally named it Gabrielle after Xena's faithful companion. shocked I wonder if the jokes are flying yet!! 8)

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Posted 10/02/2005 03:49AM #1
Very interesting indeed...
I'm wondering about what ramifications this will bring... I'm sure some changes are coming...

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
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