New Planet

CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">2003 EL61</div> Yea, some scientists discovered another object orbiting the sun, possibly larger than Pluto.

<a href='http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/2003el61.html' target='_blank'>http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/2003el61.html</a>
<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4726733.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4726733.stm</a>
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  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    This topic has been DOOM'd.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    Excellent! One more planet to loot and plunder of its natural resources! Now all we need are them FTL drives and we're good to go!
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  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    <img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41354000/jpg/_41354795_object_203.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Holy crap look at how bright that ring is!

    That baby makes Saturn look like Uranus.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Jul 29 2005, 12:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Jul 29 2005, 12:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41354000/jpg/_41354795_object_203.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Holy crap look at how bright that ring is!

    That baby makes Saturn look like Uranus. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ROFL

    I'm rolling on the ladders at that one!
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  • PithlitPithlit Join Date: 2003-05-07 Member: 16120Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    its the red ring of doom!
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  • SLizerSLizer Join Date: 2003-11-07 Member: 22363Members, Constellation
    Yay GJ maybe its Rupert If you know that planet and book ^^
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    <img src='http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/cartoon/images/Disney/bk-pluto.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
    larger than pluto....... hmm... theres only one thing larger than pluto..


















    <img src='http://posters.westbalkanonline.com/speedlist/FP0754%20MICKEY%20MOUSE%20spot.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
    they really should call the new planet mickey
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    I knew it!!!
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  • KenichiKenichi This is not a pie. Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2941Members, NS1 Playtester
    its been long theorized there was another planet. Mainly due to the extreme distance of pluto from the sun. It was thought a planet of decent mass existed further out with gravity sufficient enough to draw plutos orbit out a bit.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    I thought this was already confirmed and they named it Sedna?
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Nil IQ+Jul 29 2005, 07:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil IQ @ Jul 29 2005, 07:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I thought this was already confirmed and they named it Sedna? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Details of the object are still sketchy. It never comes closer to the Sun than Neptune and spends most of its time much further out than Pluto.

    It is one of the largest objects ever found in the outer Solar System and is almost certainly made of ice and rock.

    It is at least 1,500km (930 miles) across and may be larger than Pluto, which is 2,274km (1,400 miles) across.

    The uncertainty in estimates of its size is due to errors in its reflectivity.

    It might be a large, dim object, or a smaller, brighter object. Whatever it is, astronomers consider it a major discovery.

    In 2004 scientists discovered Sedna, a remote world that is 1,700 km across. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I think there's actually quite a few of these outer planets that we just haven't found yet, it's like an asteroid belt. They're not much larger than asteroids anyway.
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  • SpetsnazSpetsnaz Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24761Members, Constellation
    Yeah didnt you know its the PlayBoy Planet.... duh <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->


    [/dreams]
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  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    ALIENS!!!! RUN!!
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  • SpetsnazSpetsnaz Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24761Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Jul 29 2005, 09:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Jul 29 2005, 09:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ALIENS!!!! RUN!! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Mate! Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in a nicked alien space craft with laptop and cigars to the rescue!
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    I claim it in the name of the NS forums.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-cshank4+Jul 29 2005, 03:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (cshank4 @ Jul 29 2005, 03:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I claim it in the name of the NS forums. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hmmm... think we can drag it into orbit around the earth and cut a huge "NS RULEZ!" on it?
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DragonMech+Jul 29 2005, 04:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jul 29 2005, 04:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-cshank4+Jul 29 2005, 03:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (cshank4 @ Jul 29 2005, 03:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I claim it in the name of the NS forums. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hmmm... think we can drag it into orbit around the earth and cut a huge "NS RULEZ!" on it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    We can damn well try.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-cshank4+Jul 29 2005, 03:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (cshank4 @ Jul 29 2005, 03:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> We can damn well try. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <img src='http://www.peerweb.org/forums/images/smilies/icon35.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    We could always just get a really big lazer and carve NS RULEZ! on the Moon.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    If all of the NS forum members gathered together and stood on each others shoulders in one big tower, the one on top could toss a large cardboard printout of an Onos up in to space.
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  • NEO_PhyteNEO_Phyte We need shirtgons&#33; Join Date: 2003-12-16 Member: 24453Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Spetsnaz+Jul 29 2005, 03:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spetsnaz @ Jul 29 2005, 03:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Jul 29 2005, 09:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Jul 29 2005, 09:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ALIENS!!!! RUN!! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Mate! Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in a nicked alien space craft with laptop and cigars to the rescue! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    you forgot the nuke
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited July 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jul 29 2005, 03:26 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jul 29 2005, 03:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> We could always just get a really big lazer and carve NS RULEZ! on the Moon. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hi, my name is cliche. Maybe you've heard of me?
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DragonMech+Jul 29 2005, 03:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jul 29 2005, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> you'be <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    keke
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jul 29 2005, 03:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jul 29 2005, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DragonMech+Jul 29 2005, 03:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jul 29 2005, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> you'be <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    keke <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You saw nothing.

    <_< >_>
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  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    So, what, they ran out of Roman gods or something? or did K40506A, the god of catchiness get skipped over in the mythical story-telling somewhere down the line?
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Names are only given to universally confirmed planets I believe.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Jul 29 2005, 04:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Jul 29 2005, 04:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Names are only given to universally confirmed planets I believe. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yea, as of now, it's been given the name of an asteroid.

    here are some of the asteroid <a href='http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/' target='_blank'>names</a>.
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    We should start an online petetion to have it named "Pwn" or "Planet Awesome". Just because I'd like to see "Pwn" or "Awesome" in a scientific journal of some sort.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    Just to shock every one we should blow it to schmittereéns!
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