OT - New planet in Kuiper Belt?

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OT - New planet in Kuiper Belt?

Post #1by Sum0 » 14.12.2002, 12:45

This might be an interesting idea to develop for Rassilon and all those other planet theoreticizers out there...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=360803
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Post #2by Thilo » 14.12.2002, 17:06

it has been added a looong time ago.
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Post #3by Rassilon » 14.12.2002, 18:05

Oh yeah Sum0 Ive added Quaoar already...Get it on my website ;)
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Post #4by Sum0 » 14.12.2002, 21:46

It's not Quaoar (it's dated 12th December, so it'd be pretty out of date anyway). It mentions Quaoar at the end, but it doesn't say it is Quaoar. Besides, it says the planet talked about is thought to be about the size of Earth, and it's only theoretical.
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Post #5by Stargazer_2098 » 15.12.2002, 11:45

So how reliable is "Independent News" as a news-source?
How come this news is not up at CNN or Space.com yet?

Very interesting, tough.
Thanks for the link. :)


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Post #6by Sum0 » 15.12.2002, 14:04

Well, I can't say that they're famous for their space coverage, but they are one of the biggest broadsheet national newspapers in the UK. :)
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Post #7by Rassilon » 15.12.2002, 18:38

Yeah after reading it through it seems that we have tons of planets out there...Thing is I find interesting is its back on the Planet X idea....Not that it states it as the fanatics do but theres an interesting parellel in it...The planet X prophecy nuts talk about it having many moons because of its high gravity well it being similar to a brown dwarf...Of course something this massive would have been detected already...
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