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“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

TWELVE PLANETS!

Ladies and gentlemen, it's (almost) official: there are now twelve planets in the solar system: Pluto, it's binary planet (formarly thought to be a moon) Charon, Ceres, and 2003 UB₃₁₃, commonly known by the nickname Xena (which will undoubtedly change, probably to something like Prospertina, but they haven't decided). Pluto, Charon, and "Xena" will be the first listed planets in a new category, the pluton.

There are also twelve candidates for planet status: 2003 EL₆₁, 2005 FY₉, Sedna, Orcus, Quaoar, 2002 TX₃₀₀, 2002 AW₁₉₇, Varuna, Ixion, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygeia.

Finally, there's a new weird object out there--"planemos". These are giant gas objects, larger than Jupiter, but circling each other, not stars.

God, I hope this isn't a hoax.

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