[NormsRevenge]

Sedna spelled backwards is Andes.

A chill wind blows on this planetoid. They should have named it after you now who. ;-)

[jwalburg]

Now we can have a new metaphor: as cold as Sedna

[theDentist]

It is a frozen world more than 8 billion miles from Earth and believed to be the farthest known object within our solar system.

Oh. I thought they were referring to the 9th Circuit Court.

[Jonah Hex]

Brown and his colleagues estimate the temperature on Sedna never rises above 400 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, making it the coldest known body in the solar system.

That reminds me, never ever forget to send your wife flowers on your anniversary.

[Grut]

...the NASA-funded team that found Sedna.

Named for the Inuit goddess...

So, the result of a federally-funded program is given a religious name. Hmm....

[skinkinthegrass]

They should have named it after you now who.

..she heard that, the one whose name, can't be said..she's SOoo EVIL....the Little Rock Mafia is near.

[xsrdx]

In all materials, a point is eventually reached at which all oscillations are the slowest they can possibly be. The temperature which corresponds to this point is called absolute zero. Note that the oscillations never come to a complete stop, even at absolute zero.

Absolute Zero is minus 459 deg F; minus 400 is pretty chilly.

Probably never get your tongue unstuck from the flagpole on Senda.

[COBOL2Java]

This from a website detailing Inuit Beliefs:

One of the most powerful spirit beings was the sea goddess, variously known as Sedna, Taleelayo or Nuliayuk. From her home at the bottom of the sea, she controlled the weather, powerful spirits and sea creatures. Rules and taboos had to be obeyed lest this powerful being become enraged and cause storms, sickness and starvation.

Hmmm. Description and picture kinda remind me of a certain senator...

[mhking]

So is Sedna the tenth planet, or the eleventh planet?

[mhking]

They should have named it after you now who.

Nope.

Though the joke wouldn't be lost on Her Shrillness, her supporters and all the DUmmies would be clueless, and vaunt it as the "sign" they were all looking for which fortells her reign over the "evil ones" (translation: us real people)...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[smokinleroy]

"The sun appears so small from that distance that you could completely block it out with the head of a pin,"

Not to nitpick, here, but this is meaningless information. You could block out the sun with the head of a pin from Earth if the pin is close enough to your eye.

[RightWhale]

Interesting that they already have an eccentricity. It takes three observations, but the positions must be far enough apart to make significant differences in measurements.

[DBrow]

Teh other "new planet" is Quaoar, named after a Native American God.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07oct_newworld.htm

[Skooz]

I guess they ran out of good planet names after Pluto.

[skinkinthegrass]

Hmm...Now the Star Trek people maybe puzzled soon, all those scripts are ruined/enhanced..they'll have two new objects to work with..."Powerful Aliens send Sedna/Quaoar toward the sun"..."Aliens attack Sedna starbase"...an "were is my umbrella" alert.

[hosepipe]

[ Brown and his colleagues estimate the temperature on Sedna never rises above 400 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, making it the coldest known body in the solar system. ]

I can't trust my LOCAL weather report and these guys think they determine the weather on SEDNA!....Duuuh!..
Bwhahahahahaha...