Archives for October 2005
Planetary status decision rumor
Published on 1 Oct 2005 at 4:37 pm.
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Rumor has it that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has either made a decision (or will soon) as to whether or not the tenth planet will really be classified as a planet or not. News to follow as soon as anything is confirmed.
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The tenth planet has a moon!
Published on 1 Oct 2005 at 4:33 pm.
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The original discoverers of the tenth planet, along with astronomers at the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea took a look at the 10th planet with a new instrument that allows them to see details as precise as those seen from the Hubble Space Telescope. The images quickly revealed that it has a faint moon in […]