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Traditional Catholic Faith => Fighting Errors in the Modern World => Topic started by: Stanley N on July 30, 2019, 03:28:02 PM

Title: Discoveries in the solar system
Post by: Stanley N on July 30, 2019, 03:28:02 PM

Today has been an active day in astronomy.

First announced today was 2003 EL61, an outer solar system object that is possibly the largest known solar system object after Pluto.

But the announcement a few hours later of 2003 UB313 stole their thunder.

https://www.space.com/1373-object-bigger-pluto-discovered-called-10th-planet.html

The article carefully calls this the first thing larger than Pluto found in the outer solar system.
Dwarf planet Eris, while more massive than Pluto, is a smaller.

Title: Re: Discoveries in the solar system
Post by: Kazimierz on July 30, 2019, 07:26:20 PM

It would be "fascinating" to actually see such wonders up close and personal. It takes light 4 to 7 hours from Earth to Pluto, depending on orbits. Alas without warp speeds, we are not going anywhere fast.

But if we had .......... :D

(https://media.giphy.com/media/RZM4xPEcWen60/giphy.gif)