It's another world ... but is it our 10th planet?

The Australian ^ | 3/15/04 | Louise Milligan

[Destro]

It is a big dirty snow ball. It should not be considered a terrestrial body i.e. "planet".

[Monty22]

Crummy PC name.

[Paul Atreides]

It's Andes, spelled backwards.

[dogbyte12]

Well, our planet is 2/3 water on the surface, yet it is mostly rock. What does constitute a planet anyways?

Can a planet also be a moon? If there is a planet 50 times larger than jupiter, yet has a "moon" that is 3 times bigger than earth, it is both a planet and a moon?

I demand answers!

[correctthought]

I dunno, I think Uranus is worse. Besides, I think they ran out of Greco-Roman gods already, and its better than calling it moehammud or something.

[dogbyte12]

I think Uranus is worse

Hey, now you are getting personal ;)

It reminds me of that Star Trek Episode where Kirk was upset when there were Klingons around Uranus.

[sonsofliberty2000]

A moon is something that revolves around a planet. If the moon only revolved around the sun, and not the Earth it might be a planet.

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Patriot Paradox

[Paul Atreides]

A big, frigid body? I'd call it "Hillary."

[In_25_words_or_less]

They haven't run out of Disney dogs yet. "Goofy" would be good. ;o)

[thoughtomator]

We should name it Leary, 'cause it's way out there.

[Focault's Pendulum]

They keep finding planets...I'm gonna run out of toes to keep track of them....I got one more to go...unless I could use the corn on my left foot....which should be classified as a planet anyway.

[JennysCool]

Sedna, I'm glad I medya.

[F16Fighter]

The 10th planet??

Great news! A geneology search can finally be done on Dennis Kucinich.

[Bogey78O]

Well

planet: any of the large bodies that revolve around the sun in the solar system

Looks like we need a defenite defenition of "large".

[DB]

It is about 1/6th the diameter of the earth.

That isn't exactly "small".

[SedVictaCatoni]

Uranus is the name of the Roman god of creation, called by the Greeks 'Cronus'. It's pronounced 'yur - ah - nus', much to the disappointment of thousands of third-graders, and it's a fine name for a planet.

Er, and 'Mohammed' is not a god in anyone's mythology.

[BulletBobCo]

Bump

[Physicist]

Crummy PC name.

At least it's easier to pronounce than "Quaoar".

[RightWhale]

It's no bigger than a good-sized moon. Hardly a planet except it is out on its own in the big bad world. Looks like we will find a lot of potentially useful objects in the Kuiper Belt. Stepping stones to the next star.