Distant object found orbiting Sun

BBC News website ^ | 29 July 2005 | Dr David Whitehouse

[AdmSmith]

The new object was discovered in the outer reaches of the Solar System

[AdmSmith]

There is nothing new under the sun.

[thoughtomator]

It's been tentatively named "Honest Democrat"

[joonbug]

Or perhaps Barbara Boxer's brain?

[JohnLongIsland]

if its zillions of light years old it might be helen thomas

[epluribus_2]

[Gefreiter]

Is that Nemesis or Planet X?

[Gefreiter]

bwahahaha that's no moon!

[Thrusher]

It's a beautiful, tropical planet inhabited only by Jodie Foster's dad.

[IGOTMINE]

"My God...it's full of stars..."

[edcoil]

It it my mighty-might bouncing ball toy I lost years ago. I knew it would show up someday.

I was trying to se how high it would bounce and it just did not come down one day.

[Piquaboy]

Sounds almost as big as Teddy K.

[freedomson]

Is there a host over the sun, again?

[martin_fierro]

It's ... BIZARRO WORLD!

[Puddleglum]

Oh, ok -- I recognize it now.

[Fenris6]

"Is that Nemesis or Planet X?"

Yup, what gives? I recall reading about similar "new discovery" back around ~1974. Same thing? Different?

[Grig]

Could this be 'Nemisis'?

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~swanson/

[SerpentDove]

>>It's been tentatively named "Honest Democrat"<<

LOL

[Puddleglum]

Amelia Earhardt got farther off track than we thought.

[Publius6961]

Lucifer's Hammer?