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Title: Strange moments in science
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on October 02, 2005, 11:17:34 AM

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/ap_051001_newmoon.html

Yes thats right, the new 10th planet of our solar system is nicknamed Xena... and its newly discovered moon Gabrielle.......
/me screams in science agony

Title: Re: Strange moments in science
Post by: Entsuropi on October 02, 2005, 11:19:59 AM

Crappy names :(

And I find it sad that we have to spot planets in our own system that way. Can't we just fusion burn over? :P

Title: Re: Strange moments in science
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on October 02, 2005, 11:34:50 AM

And they still haven found the missing mass that makes Neptune wiggle... So there may be a secret 11th planet...

Title: Re: Strange moments in science
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on October 02, 2005, 11:41:36 AM

And I find that this is an interesting notion

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/nemesis_010320-1.html

Title: Re: Strange moments in science
Post by: Entsuropi on October 02, 2005, 11:47:31 AM

Oh god, that theory. It's very dodgy science and not regarded by the mainstream. I'd take it with a pinch of salt.

Title: Re: Strange moments in science
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on October 02, 2005, 11:53:33 AM

not so dodgy... read the whole article... the possability of a brown dwarf is well very possible... there are a heck of a lot more of them than we once thought... and it bears some consideration. I agree that it isnt likely,... but unlikly stuff has happend before in science.

" Planets, circling around the sun,... my dear Galileo everyone knows that they are crystal spheres pushed around heaven by Angels"