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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 ::
Distant Earth
There's been speculation in the past couple of days that the discovery of Sedna means that there is a possibility that astronomers could someday in the not-too-distant future find another planetoid larger than Pluto in the far reaches of the Solar System. This Space.com article raises an even more intriguing prospect: Sedna's unusual orbit has led some astronomers making plans for a search for another Earth-sized world beyond Neptune. (As a complete layman, Sedna's orbit sounds like the sort of thing that could result from it having been captured by our Sun, but I don't know whether that sort of thing happens in real life.) Addendum: This article offers some other theories. Addendum: On a lighter note, New Planets Suck.