- #1
ohwilleke
Gold Member
- 2,494
- 1,459
A new solar system object past Pluto and Neptune's object with a moon, which is smaller than Pluto has been discovered. (This is also very delicate wording. The sensational way to word it would be: "New Planet Discovered Past Pluto!", but given that Pluto just barely qualifies to be a planet, this would clearly not).
The best quote from the story (in the duh! category):
Details here: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050729_large_object.html
The best quote from the story (in the duh! category):
If the mass is only one-third that of Pluto, then theory holds that it can't be larger than Pluto
Details here: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050729_large_object.html