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Joshua Dyal said:
Do you want whine with that, Joshua?
Magazine readers to name newly discovered planet
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Do you want whine with that, Joshua?
Desdichado
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The following image helps put some of this planet vs. minor planet, TNO, KBO or whatever else you want to call it business in a bit of perspective; it is a size comparison chart of the Moon and several TNOs, including Triton, Pluto, Charon, and this new bad boy, who gets the catchy provisional name of 2003 UB313.
And if you're not really familiar with the controversy surrounding Pluto and the definition of a planet, the wikipedia article on the issue is fairly well done. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_Planet
And if you're not really familiar with the controversy surrounding Pluto and the definition of a planet, the wikipedia article on the issue is fairly well done. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_Planet
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Here's another cool image I found on the BBC website that also shows a size comparison of several objects in the solar system including Earth, the Moon, Mars, Pluto, Charon, Sedna, 2003 UB313, Quaoar, etc.
I gotta say, the long-contained astronomy geek in me is really having a field day with this 2003 UB313. Heck, the Kuiper Belt in general has been threatening to loose it for years now. I'll have to be sure and catch the official names (once granted) for 2003 UB313, 2003 EL61 and 2005 FY9.
I gotta say, the long-contained astronomy geek in me is really having a field day with this 2003 UB313. Heck, the Kuiper Belt in general has been threatening to loose it for years now. I'll have to be sure and catch the official names (once granted) for 2003 UB313, 2003 EL61 and 2005 FY9.
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Ah, phew! I just realized that Orcus is the same critter as 2004 DW--and I did know about 2004 DW from Chad Trujillo's webpage (Chad Trujillo is one of a three-man team who is credited with discovery of Orcus--and Quaoar, Sedna, 2005 FY5 and 2003 UB313 and pretty much the entire Kuiper Belt as a whole.)Joshua Dyal said:How in the hell did I miss out on a planetoid officially being named Orcus!? Damn, that's cool! Sounds like I need to start camping on all communications from the IAU's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature again; I'm behind on my Kuiper Belt discoveries!
So I feel a lot better; the only thing I really had missed was the official naming.
Also, it looks like the article posted in the first post was incorrect; the discoverer's team have already proposed a name to the IAU without reference to any magazine readers.
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