Aeros Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stmPersonally, I don't think it should matter whether it's a planet or not, Pluto is already far enough from Earth, let alone "Sedna".And if we count this as a planet, what about all the other large bodies of mass orbitting the sun? Some go out very. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 It attracted my attention the fact that, if it were to be considered a planet, it's temporary name (Sedna) should be changed to match the other planets names......i wonder why there is such a need: Sedna is abeautiful name, and, moreover, i do not see why there should be a Latin Pantheon monopoly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldaron Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 One heck of a distance to the sun from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 We'll see soon if this is really a planet, or if it is another object from the Kuiper belt (in the same class as Quaoar and Varuna). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufinwe Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Sedna is a mythological goddess too ... but not from Latin Mythology ... I think it is Egyptian. She is the Goddess of the Abysmal Depths ... or something like that But hang on guys ... NASA thinks it is a planet ... it is only 1,000 miles wide. It could be a gigantic asteroid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 An asteroid?!?!?! *runs for the hills* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic-Al-Bob Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 when will it be here???but maybe it's only a planet. welcome Aliens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 according to the news, it's almost as big as Pluto. And should be, therefore, considered as a planet. We'll see in the next days what is decided about this... I find it quite exciting, especially since we had the belief there was a 10th planet somewhere that held the balance in our solar system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I would say that it is most likely a planet. The article said that Sedna orbits around the sun and may even have it's own moon. What I'm wondering is what took so long to discover it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Ohh that makes me want to get out my good old telescope. I can see Jupiter and also Mars in it. Haven't been out lately, and I must go outside sometime. It if it is truely decided as a new planet (I hope so) than all of the science posters, books, movies will all be inaccurate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 What happened to planet X though? B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufinwe Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Hang on guys, I read this morning that it may be a "Kuyper Object" that come from the "Kuyper Cloud" (obviously) ... and may be one of those gigantic asteroids (as I said yesterday) ... there is no evidence at all that it may be a planet ... just a new object found by Hubble ...My opinion is this : for months now, Hubble is challenged by the European VLT and maybe they want to show that it is still useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I've heard it called a "planetoid" (meaning planet-like). Kind of a cross between an asteroid and a planet Hang on guys, I read this morning that it may be a "Kuyper Object" that come from the "Kuyper Cloud" (obviously)I think the Kuiper belt is much closer to the gas giants - I believe this might be part of the Oort cloud, where many comets are hypothesized to have been created. Sedna is abeautiful nameSedna is the Inuit (Eskimo) goddess of the ocean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I'd probably keep the Greco-Roman pantheon naming convention - why not "Persephone"? She was the young goddess that was stolen by Hades (Pluto) and taken to the Underworld. I also don't believe this to be a true "planet." I also don't believe Pluto to be one either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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