New 'mini planet'

[deanm (Dean)]

"ASTRONOMERS have discovered what appears to be a miniature planet that is the most distant body ever found in the solar system..."

Link here.

Dean

[pluto (Hugh)]

Interesting, thanks for posting. Will be very interesting if indeed it is an object of the Oort cloud.

[Neutronstar (T)]

The journalists should not use the word planet in any way seeing how poor Pluto lost the title.
What the heck is the definition of a "mini planet" anyway?

At least there is a stop over piece of rock for me to park for my Starship on overnight when I leave this Sol system.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by Neutronstar

The journalists should not use the word planet in any way seeing how poor Pluto lost the title.
What the heck is the definition of a "mini planet" anyway?

At least there is a stop over piece of rock for me to park for my Starship on overnight when I leave this Sol system.

There are dwarf planets and there are also mini planets

[deanm (Dean)]

Is a 'dwarf ' planet bigger or smaller than a 'mini' planet?!

'Proto' planet?

'Micro 'planet?

'Nano' planet?!

'Pico' planet?

'Femto' planet?

Planetoid?!

Where will this nonsense end?!

Dean

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Wonder if this was an accidental discovery. It was discovered by the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, not one of the usual survey telescopes.

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Originally Posted by deanm

Is a 'dwarf ' planet bigger or smaller than a 'mini' planet?!

'Proto' planet?

'Micro 'planet?

'Nano' planet?!

'Pico' planet?

'Femto' planet?

Planetoid?!

Where will this nonsense end?!

Dean

I gotta wee round rock, does that qualify for anything ?

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ZeroID

I gotta wee round rock

Yeah I've had those, very painful when they come out, you'd swear at the time that they're the size of Jupiter.

[Kunama]

Originally Posted by RB

Yeah I've had those, very painful when they come out, you'd swear at the time that they're the size of Jupiter.

glad you not me