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Topic subjectbeyond Pluto...
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962, beyond Pluto...
Posted by sophie tucker, Tue Oct-08-02 12:02 AM
'something' with a solar orbit that's beyond Pluto...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20021007
963, RE: beyond Pluto...
Posted by Crunk, Tue Oct-08-02 12:08 AM
Says the link has expired?
964, RE: beyond Pluto...
Posted by ChrisP, Tue Oct-08-02 12:14 AM
Try this one...
965, RE: beyond Pluto...
Posted by giddyrig, Tue Oct-08-02 12:13 AM
Is this it?:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992889

Where did they get a name like Quaoar? I think that's the sound my stomach makes when I'm hungry.
966, RE: beyond Pluto...
Posted by Shelly, Tue Oct-08-02 04:53 AM
Beyond Neptune and extending beyond the orbit of Pluto is the Kuiper Belt. This is home to a number of small icy objects and the source of short term comets. There is strong support for Pluto not being a true planet, but a large Kuiper object, becaues of its unusual orbit. Even further out is the Ort Cloud where most comets orbit the Sun. The Ort Cloud is the source of all long term comets. No comet has ever been found that came from intersteller space, all are objects orbiting our Sun.