There are Ten Planets in the Solar System
Posted by Mark Noonan
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And this will make it more difficult for us to determine which one is sending the signals to our Democrats, but, at any rate, this is a fascinating story:
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A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system.
The planet was discovered using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. The discovery was announced today by planetary scientist Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., whose research is partly funded by NASA.
The planet is a typical member of the Kuiper belt, but its sheer size in relation to the nine known planets means that it can only be classified as a planet, Brown said. Currently about 97 times further from the sun than the Earth, the planet is the farthest-known object in the solar system, and the third brightest of the Kuiper belt objects.
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There is just so much we don't know - that something this large could escape our notice until 2005 shows that when approaching Creation, humility is the best attitude.
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UPDATE: What to name the planet? I need some of our dilligent readers to find out something for me - I understand that Pluto got its name because, being the planet after Neptune, it was decided to name it after the element which followes neptunium in the periodic table. If this is true, then the name of our new planet (drum roll, please) is: America.
Americium follows plutonium in the table...nice and logical, and as this is an American discovery...and God grant that if have a moon, so we can name it Ronaldus.
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