10th Planet in our solar system.

Did you know that they have discovered a 10th planet in our solar system? It's been named Xena and the classification no. is 2003 EL61.

Steve

Don't have details, searching the net for more information.

Steve

It's twice the size of Pluto. And Xena is not it's official name - only a tenative name given to the planet while it is positively identified.

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Vagabon II ~

"Step aside, Pluto, there's a new kid in town. Astronomers last week announced that they have detected a body larger and more distant than Pluto. It's the biggest body found in the solar system since Neptune and its moon Triton were discovered in 1846. But whether the body, dubbed 2003 UB313, qualifies as our sun's tenth known planet is a matter of intense debate."

This is an excerpt from Science news. Yes, the planet has been around for a long time, BUT it IS bigger than Pluto. And as you can see from the above quote, it's still in debate as to whether it's considered a planet or not. They speculate that this "planet" is similar to Pluto in so many ways, that if Pluto gets to be a planet, so should this.

Isn't there already a moon named 'Juno'? Ha! What do I know? I never paid attention in Astronomy...

Hey Ragamuffin, or whatever your name is... Here's the URL:

www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050806/fob2.asp - 27k -

It is so far away that if you were on the surface you could cover the sun by holding up a pin... aparrently

Whatever, Ragamuffin - the Science Guy...

Eh. First thing that popped into my head. Whatever.