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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 12:48 PM
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Sedna-The TENTH planet?


A newly discovered dark and frigid world, a bit smaller than Pluto and three times farther away, has emerged as the most distant object in the solar system, astronomers said on March 15, 2004. The new 'planetoid,' named Sedna after an Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic, is by far the coldest and most distant object known to orbit the sun, a team of researchers announced. (Reuters Graphic)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/ice_world
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 12:49 PM
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1. Sedna?! Why not Claire?
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The Sushi Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 12:53 PM
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3. Why not Sedona?
kinda psychic
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everythingsxen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 12:52 PM
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2. I would swear I heard about the tenth planet when I was a kid...
and it was called 'Tiamat'; I like that name way more...
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 05:03 PM
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16. it was called charon
...and it was about as much a planet as Pluto or this other Kuiper object.
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 12:58 PM
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4. It should be Rupert
Which is the name the 10th planet of our solar system was given in the fifth book of the increasingly inaccurately named "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy.

TlalocW
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 01:01 PM
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5. I think that was Mrs. Throne's first name
She was my third grade teacher.

Does Sedna have oil? A big, freakin' Halliburton contract may be in order. :)
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 01:02 PM
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6. Sedna, isn't that a brand of airplane?
Well, still better than a Disney dog.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 01:04 PM
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7. AU = Astronomical Unit
Couldn't resist. That very nice illustration doesn't define "AU."

Welcome, Sedna!
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 01:56 PM
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8. Can we send The Chimp and Chief there?
after all there might be oil there or a baseball team or maybe that is where his brain is


DDQM
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:40 PM
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9. "Sedna" is an anagram for "Dean's"
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 05:25 PM
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18. And it's Andes spelled backwards
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:41 PM
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10. If Sedna is the Tenth Planet, what about Mondas?
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:46 PM
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11. They coulda used a little imagination
Why not 'Doom Planet' or 'Planet of the Lobstermen'?

Science is so boring.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:10 PM
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12. You are NOT here
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:22 PM
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14. senda...enlarged
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:21 PM
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13. distant, dark and frigid?
hmmmmm......oh nevermind, I guess having an oil tanker named after one is enough.
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:31 PM
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15. There's an important new post related to this story
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x892299

:evilgrin:
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gyopsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 05:21 PM
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17. Now this is interesting
I'm not a huge fan of the whole "Mars rocks" thing but this I do find to be of note.
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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 05:28 PM
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19. do they REALLY need the "s" at the beginning?
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