Santa and little helper seen beyond Pluto
news @ nature.com�-�Santa and little helper seen beyond Pluto�-�Competing teams spy objects on fringe of Solar System.
The Disney character Pluto was named after the planet ... so WHY NOT name the moon of this possible 10th planet, after Bart Simpson's cartoon dog? ........... ;-) .. " Santa's Little Helper "
Astronomical photos have been taken of this object (Santa) since the 1950's, and only now has someone determined that it is a planetoid.
This is sure to reignite the debate over whether or not Kuiper Belt Objects are really large enough to be considered planets.
I tend to vote on the planet side of the argument. Consider this: If an object like this, on the order of roughly 950 to 1000 miles in diameter, and with a mass equal to all the water on Earth ... had an independent orbit around the sun .. say between the orbit of Earth and Mars ... Would you consider it to be a planet?
The Disney character Pluto was named after the planet ... so WHY NOT name the moon of this possible 10th planet, after Bart Simpson's cartoon dog? ........... ;-) .. " Santa's Little Helper "
Astronomical photos have been taken of this object (Santa) since the 1950's, and only now has someone determined that it is a planetoid.
This is sure to reignite the debate over whether or not Kuiper Belt Objects are really large enough to be considered planets.
I tend to vote on the planet side of the argument. Consider this: If an object like this, on the order of roughly 950 to 1000 miles in diameter, and with a mass equal to all the water on Earth ... had an independent orbit around the sun .. say between the orbit of Earth and Mars ... Would you consider it to be a planet?
posted by Deep Hal at 2:51:00 AM
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