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Juge · 10-09-2002, 05:12 AM

http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/10/07/quaoar021007

"Astronomers have found the biggest celestial object orbiting the sun since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, but the new find isn't a planet, they said Monday.

The object is half the size of the ninth planet. It orbits the sun once every 288 years and is found a billion miles beyond Pluto, in an area called the Kuiper Belt that's packed with icy objects. "

"They said the findings could weaken the case for Pluto because some consider it to be merely the largest of the Kuiper Belt objects rather than a planet in its own right."

10-09-2002, 05:12 AM
Juge Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,917	Astronomers find frozen world beyond Pluto http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/10/07/quaoar021007 "Astronomers have found the biggest celestial object orbiting the sun since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, but the new find isn't a planet, they said Monday. The object is half the size of the ninth planet. It orbits the sun once every 288 years and is found a billion miles beyond Pluto, in an area called the Kuiper Belt that's packed with icy objects. " "They said the findings could weaken the case for Pluto because some consider it to be merely the largest of the Kuiper Belt objects rather than a planet in its own right."