It's a KBO

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It's a KBO

Nathan Koren — 3/14/2004 4:12:56 PM (archived)

Looks like somebody broke the embargo...

"Mysterious object" is overplaying things a little bit, I think. It's the biggest KBO yet (just slightly smaller than Pluto), but that doesn't make it particularly mysterious.

Cheers,

Nathan.

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OMG!!! --- CAN IT BE..... - Sarandon - 3/14/2004 2:28:54 AM
- It's a KBO - Nathan Koren - 3/14/2004 4:12:56 PM
  - Sedna's diameter is almost 2000km - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 8:21:36 PM
  - re: It's a KBO - Raoul - 3/14/2004 5:11:48 PM
  - Well, at least it is Monday, Australian time. :-) (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/14/2004 4:22:54 PM
- re: Spitzer - Raoul - 3/14/2004 9:28:03 AM
- No details at all, probably just a large KBO. (n/t) - Lee - 3/14/2004 6:26:41 AM
  - Perhaps this: - Robert Clark - 3/14/2004 3:57:22 PM
    - ...or this: SCIENTISTS have found a new world - John - 3/15/2004 1:33:03 AM
  - Then why label it "a mysterious object"? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 6:39:25 AM
    - KBOs are mysterious objects. We hardly know anything about them. - Lee - 3/14/2004 10:05:49 AM
- dead star (Nemesis) or the tenth planet - John - 3/14/2004 6:07:03 AM
- Wow! Hey this looks like its for real - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 2:46:15 AM
  - What does this mean. Nancy Lieder and Zetatalk was right!? Say it ain't so. (n/t) - John - 3/14/2004 5:03:58 AM
    - It ain't so! It's another jumbo KBO (n/t) - phil, the helpful - 3/14/2004 5:09:49 PM

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